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...

How I am Raising My Girls to be a Lovely Little Ladies (in this not so lovely world) Do you have little girls? Isn't is crazy scary sending them out into this crazy life we live these days? There innocent little gestures cannot even be appreciated because us “mama bears” have to be ready to pounce the second some creep looks at my 7 year old who could pass as 10-12yr old (and all natural, no makeup nothing like that) her sweet little mind just cannot wrap around why she can't walk away from me in dept stores because of all the evil people just waiting to “compliment” aka lure my gorgeous blonde hair blue eyed beauty to danger (i get chills thinking of all the human trafficking going on) & with her heart being just as gorgeous as the outer, she can't help but buy into the “sweetness cover up”, and my baby girl is just as gorgeous but she will only smile at you, she is in that shyness stage around strangers and I'm not mad about it one bit. Anyway, rais...