This post was sponsored by Lionsgate as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. You Can Do Hard Things is just something I wanted to share with you that correlates with the new movie As parents we try hard to encourage our children to take on new experiences and embrace life’s adventures. Every year, especially at the beginning…
10 Tips to a Happy Marriage
This month is #HappinessHappens month! Who knew!?! I didn’t until someone told me the other day! Google it, you’ll will see that it is! Anyway, what is Happy? The dictionary says it’s “feeling or showing pleasure or contentment: having a sense of confidence in or satisfaction with (a person, arrangement, or situation): satisfied with the quality or…
The Day I Became a Mother…
The day I became a mother….I remember it like it was yesterday. It was 12 years ago today. A day I had no clue how to prepare for, even though I thought I was prepared. I had read all the mom books. I knew what her schedule should be. I had taken child development. We could do…
Planning Out Your Summer Calendar
I just made my summer calendar for the kids to see. I color coded it and everything so the kids knew exactly what was going on during the summer! I am loving this post and wish I was even more organized in planning out my summer calendar. I might have to go back and add…
At The End of a Hard Day You Love Them Even More
Happy Mother’s Day everyone!! Hats off to all you amazing Mama’s out there, and also all you women that might not be moms right now, but do so much good in this world to help raise up these sweet children! This motherhood job is not an easy task. These last few weeks have been a…
Mother’s Day Favorite Things Giveaway
I am so excited for this Mother’s Day Favorite Things Giveaway. I have joined in with 9 other bloggers who are each doing their own separate giveaway with a basket of their favorite things! Each blogger came up with a list of things they would want in a gift basket for mother’s day. So once…
Real Moms – Making it Up As We Go by Lisa Valentine Clark
Okay ladies, listen up. I have read plenty of parenting books. I have a stack of them I only got half way through because I felt like crap after reading them. I tried to implement what they said and it didn’t work. There have been a couple that I have loved and learned a lot from….
Remember Moments – These Moments are My Life
I love to Remember Moments. I am a picture taker. I take a lot of random picture each week of my family. I love to look back at all the silly random picture of my kids that I take each week I take a lot. Not of big events, just simple moments. They make me…
10 Ways to Deal With Stress Naturally
Let’s talk about stress today! What is stress? The dictionary says that it is “a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances”. That’s a fun subject right? I’m not writing about this because I love stress. I know, my blog is called The Things I Love, so why are we talking about stress? Recently I have felt pretty stressed out…
When We Feel Like We Can Do It All
I just got back from the Build Your Blog Conference. It was excellent, and I learned SO much! The interesting thing about it was that the things that I learned weren’t all just blogging related. I met some great people that shared stories that blessed my life and the way I think about things!! The night I…