A Weird Soul
You can read my other posts about the Abundant life here and here. But today I wanted to talk a little more between the difference between AN abundant life and THE Abundant Life. I think AN abundant life is possible for everyone but THE abundant life is something totally different. But let’s start with AN. …
I used to be really good at keeping a Journal. I’d write my dreams every morning, and any time I was having a lot of feelings, I’d write those down too. It was great because I was journaling my journey to becoming the better me with The Abundant Life. But, over the past couple of …
So one of the best things I think any parent can do is help kids verbalize their emotions. Each time we get kids in our home, we focus on feeling words. Books are obviously a great way to do that and these helped our kids a ton. Here are 6 children’s feeling books that both …
The organization is a big part of living a focused life. As much as I would love to float through life and do whatever I feel like at the moment, I also don’t want my life to end up being pointless. So I have to plan and be organized. Some days it’s more complicated than …
Self-care is all the rage right now, and I don’t see that as a bad thing. Anything that is done in excess can be bad, but usually, something becomes a focus because it was ignored for too long. I struggle with self-care. Not necessarily because of the typical issues like time and money, but because …
So this year, rather than make a couple of goals or set resolutions, I decided to try something new. I went through every list of habits, productivity, projects, to-dos, and anything else that has been a thought in my head, and made one master list. This list is probably bigger than one year’s worth of …
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town …
“I don’t know how you do that” is a common sentiment that most foster parents hear through their time fostering. It’s usually followed with I couldn’t do that, I’d get too attached. The not-so-secret secret is: so do we. We get too attached. Our hearts break for our kids. And yes, they will always be …
November is Adoption Awareness month! President Reagan proclaimed the first National Adoption Week; President Clinton expanded the awareness to the entire month of November. So let’s talk about 7 facts about adoption. 108,000 Kids are waiting to be adopted out of Foster Care: I talked a little on my mamashannan TikTok about what this number means. This …
One of the most important things you can do for abundant life is set your priorities. If you don’t decide what’s important to you, the world will decide. So one of the things that can be helpful to do from time to time is set a weekly time block. Basically what you do, is write …