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A last-minute sister trip to Disneyland? YES pleas

A last-minute sister trip to Disneyland? YES please.

While this form of “self-care” is admittedly a rare extravagance, don’t forget to find a little something for yourself every single day.

A long hot shower with music.

A square of your favorite chocolate.

Quiet time for reading a fun book.

A walk around the neighborhood in silence.

If needed, FIGHT for it, mamas.

You’re the only person who can make you happy and give you exactly what you need. 😘

My kids’ favorite pretend game these days is cal

My kids’ favorite pretend game these days is called “family”, and I got to say, it’s kind of the best game in the whole world. 😍😭❤️
(They also really like to play “orphanage” but I’m choosing not to read anything into that one).

Dirty mirror selfie in a messy room to tell you th

Dirty mirror selfie in a messy room to tell you that only YOU get to decide what to fill your hours with each day and how to feel about it.

If you find your days filled with dread, you can:
A: change your actions
B: not change your actions
C: A or B but love that choice!

The end. Love you, girl. 👊🏼

The pie plate concept is not a new one but it’s

The pie plate concept is not a new one but it’s so powerful.

It asks us to choose; to decide what, amongst all the beautiful & worthy things that fill our lives, is THE most important.

It’s a tall order because this number 1 priority has to be strong- it’ll act as the foundation of our entire lives.

But once we choose, everything becomes easier. Every subsequent choice we make is held up against the standard of the pie plate.

The rest of our lives have to fit and conform to this plate which makes it fairly simple to know what to keep and what to throw out.

Choose wisely, my friends, for if you do, your life will be so incredibly beautiful and filled with joy.
🥧 🥧🥧

This week I’ve been studying some of the “grea

This week I’ve been studying some of the “great things” in the scriptures. I like to use this term to refer to the moments when God shows up in our lives.

•Tiny miracles
•Beautiful healings
•Whispered words of encouragement.

In other words, often God’s “great things” look a lot like small things to us.

My new goal is to be better at recognizing and recording these great things. I might even dedicate an entire journal to this job.

Who wants to join me? 💗

#inspiredmotherhood #intentionalparenting #christianmotherhood

How far would you go to protect one of your kids?

How far would you go to protect one of your kids?

I think the answer is: REALLY FAR.
Like, dive-into-oncoming-traffic-far.

But how much of that energy do you use to protect YOURSELF?

How well do you guard your mind from chaos, noise, stress or evil crap?

Do you actively protect your body from injury, overwork, exhaustion or junk food?

How about defending your emotions from negative thought loops, toxic people or mean self-talk?

There’s a lot of garbage in our lives that can negatively affect us from being our best selves. What are we doing to become the healthiest, happiest humans possible?

After all, if you are your kids’ greatest defender, then you have to make sure you’re caring for yourself FIRST. {more in stories!}

Love you, mamas. 💗

#momselfcare #momcoach

If you’ve come across just one too many pretty p

If you’ve come across just one too many pretty photos in your feed today, here’s one that’s cropped weird, with a half-naked kid and another shooting a serious evil eye 😂😂

One of our past church leaders (Joseph Smith) once said about members of the rapidly growing church, “I teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves.”

I don’t know that better parenting advice has ever been given. When our kids screw up and do things that we know will end in pain, we can try to control them or we can continue to just teach and embody truth over and over again.

Our kids are incredible and know truth when they hear it. Maybe I need to be better at just getting out of their way 💗

This is a friendly reminder that just because life

This is a friendly reminder that just because life is hard or happens to be kicking your butt, you’re not necessarily doing anything WRONG.

Life is sometimes really, really, heartbreakingly hard.

And sometimes it’s beautifully, achingly sweet and joyful.

Unfortunately we don’t always get to choose which one we experience at any given moment.

But even amidst the hard, there is so much that is beautiful. You just have to look for it.

(And don’t forget that God is especially good at helping us with this!)

I’m rooting for you. ❤️

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