Chores This morning the first thing I did when I got the kids up was give them a much needed bath. I feel like most parents have one or two parts of parenthood that just seem daunting. My task is giving baths. (Also trimming nails, but that doesn’t tie in to this story 🤣) Of course …
Postpartum Journey update
Happy Palm Sunday! I can’t believe that Holy Week is already here. I feel unprepared and there is so much I want to do this week. I wanted to write this post today to give everyone an update on my journey. If you have been following along, then you know I’ve had some struggles during …
Friday Features: Guest 1- Charles Hollcraft (My Dad)
Hello to all who may be reading this! And thank you to my daughter Michelle for inviting me (among many others of course) to share some thoughts on her wonderful blog…. “Do small things with great love…” Wow. So simple in principle, so hard in practice. Now usually on a good day my writing skills …
Friday Features Background
Happy Thursday! I am so excited for tomorrow. It will be so nice to see the project get launched after weeks of working towards it. I hope you decide to visit back tomorrow and see who Guest #1 will be. I want to give a little background on why I decided to do Friday Features. …
It’s Not Easy
It’s not easy feeling worthy when the basket of laundry is still sitting on the floor waiting to be folded after not moving from the same spot for 3 days. It’s not easy feeling worthy with even more laundry piling up in the dirty clothes bin every day. It’s not easy feeling worthy when all …
Friday Features- Guest 2 Cindy Hollcraft (My Mom)
My daughter, Michelle, asked me to write something for her blog post regarding the quote by Mother Teresa, “Do small things with great love”. To me, this is all about our everyday life. It’s doing the mundane chores each day without complaining. When the piles of laundry seem endless and you vow not to let …
Mary’s Graces
Happy Monday! It’s been a little bit since I have written a blog post. I feel like last week flew by. We had family in town the past two weekends and have been enjoying time with them. This week is Spring break for Gabriel, so today we have been relaxing at home which has been …
A Day in the Life
Happy Monday! And happy International Women’s Day! I actually did not realize that it was today until I saw some other posts on Instagram. But I think it is fitting that I chose to do “a day in the life” on my stories today. I didn’t plan to do it today, I just happened to …
Pray for Mr. Scrooge
Happy Friday! I feel like this week has been really busy, but I also feel like I have been saying that every week. I am definitely ready for the weekend and hope to enjoy some of it outside since the weather is supposed to be nice here. Today has been a pretty good day. My …