Hey there, stranger!  You may have happened upon the site by looking up a Trim Healthy Mama recipe, or trying to figure out the plan for it.  Or maybe you are trying to work on your marriage, or figure out life with kids.

Or you might have seen a Facebook share and come out of sheer curiosity.

Or maybe you are a fellow mom who feels uncertain, lost, inadequate, alone, and weary from the life of mom…and in desperate need of a break.

Whatever it is that brought you here, I am just glad you are here.  I hope we can be good friends soon.

If you’re like most moms I know, you love being a mom and love your child(ren), but you are also trying to figure out how to grow as a mom without losing your mind in the process.  

I know how you feel.

In today’s culture, it feels like nothing is ever good enough, especially as a mom, so it is really important for us to be able to sift through the rhetoric, pull out the meat, and spit out the bones.

If this sounds like you, I so deeply wish I could sit across the table from you with a nice warm drink together and have the deep and meaningful talks that lifelong friends get to enjoy.  I wish I could give you a warm hug, and speak a word to help fill your heart.

A word of encouragement on the great work you are doing?  A scripture that speaks to the place where your soul is standing?  A laugh and assurance that you are not the only one?  Or silence, just silence, and the presence of a friend who can just be.  With you.

Here’s a list of my most popular posts, and several of my most favorite ones, too.  I hope you love them as much as I do (and if you do, please share them; I deeply appreciate it).

• …There Came a Gentle Whisper
• Want to Live Your Best Life?  Just Be Yourself.
• Healthy Marriages Have Healthy Boundaries
• Since When Did It Become Sinful to Need Help?
• 10 Guaranteed Ways to Enjoy Your Wonderful Life
• What are Boundaries Anyway?  And Why Do They Matter So Much?
• 5 Powerful Ways to Embrace Self Love Today
• To Wives in a Difficult Season of Marriage…
• Do You Think You Need to be the Perfect Mom?  Just Be Good Enough.
• Sex is NOT the Most Important Thing in a Marriage…
• Be Willing to Walk Alone (Even in Your Marriage)
• Is Motherhood Hard?  Yes, and You’re Still a Good Mom
• 15 Simple Ways to Spend Time with God When You Have Little Kids
• Why I Quit Homeschooling and Put My Kids into Public School
• Trim Healthy Mama
• Why I Love and Hate My Kids (and would not change a thing)
• Turning Away from Food Idolatry
• 17 Ways to Dominate in Your Husband’s Heart
• Homeschooling: It’s Not About Your How, but About Your WHY
• Choosing Less when the World Screams MORE
• Be Willing to Walk Alone (Even in Your Marriage)
• 10 Character Qualities to Teach to Children (and ourselves)
• Me and My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day