by Anna | Nov 14, 2018 | 31 Days to a Less-Stress Holiday Season, A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog
‘Tis the season to prepare for the holidays! Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas will be here soon – before we know it, in the blink of an eye, before we can say ‘Jingle Bells’. Soon we will be up to our elbows in meal prep, gift buying and...
by Anna | Oct 31, 2018 | lifeblog
I know. We haven’t even picked through our kids’ Halloween candy yet. But the holiday movie season is here. Believe it or not, the Hallmark Channel aired its first holiday movie last weekend, on the final Saturday of October. And throughout the next eight...
by Anna | Aug 24, 2018 | Pumpkin Spice for Your Soul
I wrote another book. It’s been as much a surprise to me as it may be to you, and it’s done. In my hands. ANOTHER BOOK. It’s my favorite project yet. I was so excited when we picked it up today that I dragged my whole family to our favorite little...
by Anna | Mar 7, 2018 | encouragement for moms, lifeblog
Soulful 70’s rock is probably my favorite musical genre. The only other era that comes close to matching the joy of this genre is music of Bing Crosby, Etta James, Eartha Kitt, Judy Garland… The music of the 30’s and 40’s brings me joy, but the...
by Anna | Jan 15, 2018 | encouragement for moms, Parenting
My little girls still have their ‘school’ today, but my kindergartner is off and we are still learning. I’ve been pinning and printing all morning. I sent my son downstairs to ask Alexa about MLK while I got dressed. I’ve pulled storybooks...
by Anna | Jan 3, 2018 | lifeblog
I’m coming off a Hallmark Christmas movie bender. You guys, I’m pretty sure that between Halloween and New Year’s Day I watched FORTY NEW HOLIDAY MOVIES. I’m not even sorry. (It was for WORK. Kind of. OK it was for Facebook live videos with my...
by Anna | Dec 15, 2017 | A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog
I’ve been doing quite a bit of speaking this season, to church groups and moms groups and groups of parents. As I’ve prepared the talks for each gathering, I’ve realized that I am a perfectionist. You could say I’m a perfectionist in recovery, but...
by Anna | Oct 25, 2017 | encouragement for moms, Reader Favorites
It’s cooling down here in Minnesota, snow forecasted this weekend even though we topped at 80 degrees last week. The sticky, long, dog days of summer dredged deep into to September, and now in October the nights and early mornings bring a chill. And the trees . . ....
by Anna | Sep 26, 2017 | lifeblog
Hey, cool mom at Target, I saw you today, with your adorable little one in her bonnet. I’m partial to bonnets myself – nothing sweeter on a baby than a ruffly little bonnet! Anyways, I saw that sweetie pie bat her eyelashes at you and then totally. lose....
by Anna | Sep 20, 2017 | encouragement for moms, lifeblog
Three weeks ago, we started school. Like real school. Kindergarten. You guys remember praying for that little baby we so badly wanted six years ago? NOW HE IS IN REAL SCHOOL. With bells and a teacher and little desks and lunch in the cafeteria and gym class and the...