ReflectiveMom
A real mom deals and dishes.
[Warning: Graphic Content] We’re building a chicken coop this weekend for our eight chickens. Well, a man is coming to build it—and we’re watching. Sometimes right up in the action and sometimes from the windows. Our chicken coop situation started out pretty makeshift. I came home.. Read More
Good things are worth sharing! A lot of Internet memes and inspirations lately have sounded good but just weren’t true. And I’ve had to be intentional about reading things all the way through before I hit “like.” But something a dear sweet friend shared on her Facebook page last night was very encouraging. .. Read More
We Remember Kindness and we tend to remember when people are unkind too . . . Do you ever just randomly dream about several people at once? I met this new day just realizing (again) that I’ve known a lot of really quality people! We might not live close or.. Read More
“MOM! I am NOT eating! I’m PRETEND!” That’s what I heard after scooping up a heaping serving of my favorite potato salad recipe – that quintessential summer dish – and hoping it would pass for breakfast for Muffin my three-year-old. Eggs and potatoes, right? (With a little fat and celery for balance.) Because I have a.. Read More
We hear all the time that “adoption is in the Bible” and a beautiful picture of Christ’s love for us. But adoption (as it is defined today) is not something I see in the Bible at all. This is something I believe more firmly each time I study God’s Word in light of adoption. (And it.. Read More
Can your child say the “Pledge of Allegiance?” Yes. But first, let me admit openly and with very little shame, that I (a life-long American and native speaker of English with a graduate degree in Professional Writing proudly displayed on my foyer wall) just learned how to spell “Allegiance.” Yep,.. Read More
This morning before breakfast my three-year-old asked (in earnest) for a monkey. I mean, why not? Anything else she needs she just asks for an voila! it appears, right? She added specifics to this request less I fail to get it right: NOT a Little People monkey! NOT a backpack monkey! A REAL.. Read More
Something happened recently to remind me what a great memory my child actually has…about some things. And this is despite “forgetting” important things that are painstakingly reinforced every day: “Don’t. climb. on. the. furniture.” “Don’t. take. off. all. your. clothes. before. you. go. outside.” “Don’t. put. ANYTHING. in. the. toilet.” Kids,.. Read More
I’ve recently started working on geography with our toddler, Muffin. This is not because her future was planned out in advance with a fancy notebook and even fancier pen. It’s not because my husband and I have purchased some special curriculum. Nor is it because I’ve enrolled her in a once a week class as some homeschooling moms do… Read More
Adoption, have you ever stopped to really think about it? To take a long, hard look at all the emotional, social, and ethical issues surrounding adoption? If you’ve ever uttered the words: “Adoption is in the Bible” or “God adopted us” or “Adoption is a beautiful picture of God’s love for.. Read More
I think that adoption (as we know it today) actually is in the Bible. Despite my earlier post on the subject, stating that it is not. . . This is because there are striking parallels to slavery in the Bible and adoption as we know it today. But I haven’t done a.. Read More
I came across an older article this morning… (through a blog, of a blog, and a comment on a blog…don’t you just love the Internet for its endless rabbit trails?)… It was about two people with opposite values, points of view, and lifestyles not only found common ground but connected through.. Read More