Happiness

I found this list of 10 Ways to be a Happier Mom and I thought there were so many great reminders.  

1. Life is not an emergency. 
Life is a gift.
Just. Slow. Down.

2. Now is not a forever grace but amazing grace. 
Do whatever it takes to wake to wonder right here.

3. Sometimes the slowest way is the fastest way to joy. 
Make time today, even a moment, to read Scripture and memorize it.
Without the lens of His Word, the world warps.

4. Laughter is the cheapest, holiest medicine. 
Preschoolers laugh 300 times a day. Aim for double that. Tickle someone, (yourself!), if necessary. This is good!

5. Motherhood is a hallowed place because children aren’t commonplace. 
Co-laboring over the sculpting of souls is a sacred vocation, a humbling privilege.
Never forget.

6. Homemaking is about making a home, not about making perfection. 
A perfect home is an authentic, creative, animated space where Peace and Christ and Beauty are embraced.

7. A pail with a pinhole loses as much as the pail pushed right over. 
A minute dawdled here, a minute scrolling here — they can add up to your life.  Write down your intentions for the day and prayerfully live the intentions and spend your life well by paying attention to the moments — which pays thanks to God.

8. Believe it: I have all I need for today.  
The needs of our day are great but our God is greater and we call Him Providence because we believe: He is the One who always provides.
{And when God provides, He should be praised, and if God provides, shouldn't praise always be on the lips?)


9. Slow. Children at play. 
The hurry hurts the kids.
Time's this priceless currency and only the slow spend it wise enough to be rich.
If we had to actually buy our time, would we spend it more wisely — spend it more slowly?
{God’s Word never says Hurry Up. God words only whisper: Wake Up.}

10. Love is patient. 
Parenting’s this gentle way of bending over in humility to help the scraped child up because we intimately know it takes a lifetime to learn how to walk with Him.
Love always begins with patience and patience is a willingness to suffer.

What is your plan to be a happier mom (happier person!) this fall? Let’s be a community and resource to cheer each other on to happier living (parenting!) this fall! 

This list was found at the following website:

http://www.incourage.me/2013/08/10-ways-to-be-a-happier-mom.html

Women's Day Away

Women's Day Away is just around the corner! A lot of planning and preparation has already started as we prepare for the big day on Saturday September 28th.  Get your tickets today!  There are only 100 tickets left. 

Nancy Stafford is our featured speaker for the day.   She is the author of Beauty by the Book:  Seeing Yourself as God Sees You Where she shares her story of God's healing and transformation in her live from insecurities and unworthiness to wholeness and acceptance.

An actress for twenty-five years, Nancy has starred in numerous movies and TV series, including five years as Andy Griffith's law partner, Michelle on "Matlock" and three years on the Emmy-award winning "St Elsewhere".  She stared in the ABC series "Sidekicks", and began her television actings career as a regular in a dual role on the NBC daytime drama "The Doctors".

We are very excited to hear her speak.  Hope that you will be attending Women's Day Away!