A Blended Momma

How to Use This Holiday Season to Teach Your Kids Gratitude Having gratitude and being humble are qualities that are hard to find these days! As a Christian momma I want my kids to know what it means to be truly grateful and humble and I want to instill in them a heart of giving! This Holiday Season if you don't already, why not try one or two (or all) of these ways to teach yourself or your child to have a giving and helpful heart and to learn about gratitude, and humbleness. Volunteer at your local food bank and if they aren't taking volunteers bring some items they always need and donate them! Volunteer at a local soup kitchen-some do let children help and some do not make sure you check your local soup kitchens requirements Donate your gently used clothing, toys, or any other item your family no longer needs to goodwill or find a different location that helps people in need Volunteer and/or donate to your local shelters Sponsor a child for Ch...

The holidays are coming up quickly, and we are supposed to feel cheery right? How can one feel cheery when sometimes these supposedly good times get turned into nightmares by parts of the family... you blended and Bonus Mommas know what I'm talking about! Those particular family members that despite your tireless efforts to conform, still don't get it. They either buy one a ton of gifts and the other none or maybe one or they try to do it the deceiving way and give the "one" presents while visiting alone and play it off as "not a Christmas present". I don't have this problem anymore but I used to. In the beginning my grandparents would literally invite me and my girls over on a completely separate day then the original "gift giving" day, shower them with gifts that I would have to shameingly bring home and try to "hide" from my bonus son, when he would eventually see them I would feel so guilty and awful even though I wasn't...