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parenting+ marriage

I love to help you build strong families, beginning with a healthy marriage, and purposeful parenting.

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Every good thing comes from God and healthy families are built on a firm foundation of faith.

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After 15+ years of homeschooling, my family agrees it’s the best choice we have made!

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With a background in sports medicine and fitness, I am passionate to encourage women to embrace a healthy mindset and lifestyle.

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Why Board Games are so good for kids💥, and a list of our favorites! (with a giveaway!)

How board games benefit kids and some of our favorites for all ages! –See bottom for a chance to win a gift card for your…

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A MEMORY JAR: The Best Father’s Day Gift (Low cost, High Meaning!)
Encouragement and faith | Miscellaneous | Parenting and Family

A MEMORY JAR: The Best Father’s Day Gift (Low cost, High Meaning!)

How to put together a Memory Jar for the best gift for the men in your life! I think we can all agree: Men are…

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A Reveille for the Underestimated
Encouragement and faith | Miscellaneous

A Reveille for the Underestimated

An excerpt from Mary Marantz’s new book, Underestimated Note from Monica: I recently joined a mastermind group of wonderfully gifted, hard-working Christian authors. I was…

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God, Can We Chat? (Book Excerpt + Giveaway)
Encouragement and faith

God, Can We Chat? (Book Excerpt + Giveaway)

A Daringly Honest Guide to Growing Closer to God, One Doubt at a Time, By Niki Hardy Hey Friends! I am honored to get to share…

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A Parenting Lesson (from my walk-in Closet)
Encouragement and faith | Parenting and Family

A Parenting Lesson (from my walk-in Closet)

What my messy closet taught me about parenting in hard seasons. My bedroom closet was a source of frustration for a few years. Then… last winter…I…

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9-1-1 Prayers, by Rachel Wojo
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9-1-1 Prayers, by Rachel Wojo

Excerpt from Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life’s DarkestMoments by Rachel Wojo 9-1-1 PRAYERS When my husband came home without a job,…

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Board games are a great family activity with so ma Board games are a great family activity with so many benefits for your kids (and you! 🥰) 

Comment: GAMES to read about the benefits of board games for your kids, and get a list of our family-favorite games. 👍🏼

Also: there’s a giveaway over there!! So, what are you waiting for!? ☺️ Head over!  But first: Tag a friend. Save this, and share it! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏 (thx!!)
So much Amen to this!! 🙌🏼❤️ Happy Fath So much Amen to this!! 🙌🏼❤️ 

Happy Father’s Day to all of the unsung heroes out there. In my life, special shout out to my dad, Monte Hester, my father-in-law, Lynwood Swanson, and my husband, Dr. Dave. 🥰 I would not be who I am without these three men, and they are three of the most humble, gentle, kind men I’ve known. What a blessing. 🙏

And to all the moms out there who are currently raising boys… you are raising future fathers!!! What an honor. Let’s do this well!! 👏🏼💙

PS just for fun! - would you comment with a word or two to describe the good fathers in your life?  I’d love to share a list later! 🙏

Image from @christianbook 👍🏼
A favorite quote from @timkellernyc, and a fitting A favorite quote from @timkellernyc, and a fitting reminder as we near Father’s Day…

I hope you all have great dads and husbands in your life, but regardless of our earthly fathers, we can all know a perfect, loving, ever-available Heavenly Father. I pray you might meditate on this idea today. 🙏

Truly amazing. 🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️❤️ 

PS Father’s Day or Fathers’ Day? 😜 I can’t ever decide which one is right? 😉
{Comment IDEA for link} There is a secret about F {Comment IDEA for link} 
There is a secret about Fathers…they’re impossible to shop for! 😂 No, but really….

The secret is: Fathers love to feel loved. And most of the time, they buy the stuff they really need/want anyways. 😊

So what can we do to make dads feel loved this Father’s Day? 🤷‍♀️

I’ve got a great idea for you!  After a whole lot of years of stressing over gifts for my dad, this year we gave him a gift that cost nothing, but meant the WORLD 🌍 to him. (we actually gave him the gift for his birthday this spring, but the same gift would make an excellent Father’s Day gift for any dad!) 

I wrote a blog post sharing the whole idea and I’d love to pass it on to you. 👍🏼❤️

Comment IDEA and I will DM you a link to the post!  I think you’ll love it!
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