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Jennifer McBride | January 16, 2014
Excellent reminders from Mrs. Gore’s Diary: Motherhood is HARD, yes, but it doesn’t have to be dreary and droopy. Chin up, buttercup. Shoulders back. Turn that frown upside down. Swallow those sorrowful sighs. Choose joy, because even on the hardest days, it is still exactly that: a choice. Laugh at today and all the days to [...]
Jennifer McBride | January 15, 2014
Don’t miss this powerful post from Bambi at In the Nursery of the Nation: Motherhood is work many times. But work isn’t some terrible Christian duty we can’t enjoy. It is our duty but when we empty ourselves for others, the Lord fills us up…with replenishments of strength, joy, creativity and more. That way we have it to give all over again…to which [...]
Jennifer McBride | November 17, 2013
From Homekeeping Heart: I inwardly cringe every time I hear the question. “How many children do you want?” When did children become something to obtain because we want it? When did they become something to collect or possessions to own? They’ve almost been lowered to the position of pets. I’m thinking it probably happened around [...]
Jennifer McBride | November 17, 2013
A powerful post on motherhood from Rachel Jankovic at Femina: The strongest women in our world today are those who are as a group feeling the weakest. It certainly doesn’t feel like a blow for the kingdom to spend another nine months in a brain fog. It doesn’t feel like we are fighting for the [...]
Jennifer McBride | January 29, 2013
For all my fellow mothers in a season of exhaustion – who feel like they can hardly put one foot in front of the other, who are worn “even before the day begins”, who are even more soul weary than they are physically weary, who are walking through trial while caring for the needs of [...]
Jennifer McBride | January 15, 2013
Some excellent, much needed (by me at least!) reminders from Bambi at In the Nursery of the Nation: Even as busy moms who have crumbs that seem to permanently reside in the kitchen chairs, we can still have lovely homes if our hearts are willing. Fresh paint, colorful adornments to the walls or fancy furniture will [...]
Jennifer McBride | January 15, 2013
Wise words from Raising Mighty Arrows: If you have to “schedule” time on your calendar with each child to make sure you’re fitting everyone in, then please, by all means schedule that time. Make it a priority to spend quality time with each of your children individually. Invest in the lives of your children physically, spiritually, [...]
Jennifer McBride | May 12, 2012
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace, In the palace, cottage, hovel, Oh, no matter where the place; Would that never storms assailed it, Rainbows ever gently curled; For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. Infancy’s the [...]
Jennifer McBride | December 14, 2011
Another amazing study on the benefits of pregnancy: According to Krulwich there is increasing evidence that “when a woman has a baby, she gets not just a son or daughter, [but] an army of protective cells – gifts from her children that will stay inside her and defend her for the rest of her life.” [...]
Jennifer McBride | November 28, 2011
This interesting study helps fight the myth that having babies is bad for women: Research involving 1300 women in California suggested those who had four or more children were one third less likely to due from cardiovascular disease. The majority of the effect seemed to result from the prevention of stroke, as mothers of large [...]
