Great Moms Blog

Do you ever feel like your home life is a whirlwind of chaos with the inmates running the asylum? Are you stretched to the point of breaking? If so, you’re not alone. Research shows modern moms have way more pressure placed on us than our mothers or grandmothers ever...

I recently talked to a friend about work and life, and the struggle to balance it all. It’s something every working mom faces, right? Not this mom. What’s her secret? She says no. A lot. “Though I wish I could do it all,” she continues. “I have to remind myself that I...

Last week, I asked the following question: What would happen if we took time when things were calm to prepare for the inevitable storms that come with life? I asked readers here, on Facebook and on Instagram to share their fears and concerns around the storms of life...

http://www.kathilipp.com/2018/04/the-sneaky-way-clutter-invades-our-heads/ The bible has a lot to say about Clutter. It covers cluttered thinking, cluttered living and cluttered hearts. But when I think of all the ways Clutter invades our homes, our hearts and our...

"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." — Henry Kissinger Can we talk about life? I don’t mean in the existential or theoretical sense. I want to talk about real life right now. No matter where you live or what you do, I bet you know life...

Feels like I've been just about everywhere this week. My road-tested review of "The Mom Project" by Kathi Lipp was featured on her blog earlier this week, and now I offer a little parenting advice gleaned from superstar mom Beyoncé over at Rebecca Arcarese's "Embrace...

Admitting I'm not always the mom I want to be is hard. My children are a joy — both a surprise from God arriving at the moment my husband and I had given up hope — it feels ungrateful to admit that I'm not always present for them, that I don't embrace every second of...

Spring break got you down? If you’re basking in the glory of a week off from school, you might be a student or a teacher, but it’s likely you’re not a parent. As a mom, I’ve found spring break never lives up to expectation because there’s always too much to do in too...

http://www.kathilipp.com/2018/03/episode-295-the-top-5-ways-to-declutter-your-kitchen/ Wondering where to start in your battle against Clutter? As the heart of the home, I think the kitchen is generally Ground Zero. A chaotic kitchen robs us of peace, and a...