Tag Archives: HOPE

How to Get Your Kids Talking

How to Get Your Kids Talking

Have you noticed that every mother teaches her children how to talk? That’s why the language you grow up with is called your “mother-tongue“. The challenge of how to get your kids talking – from birth until they can speak fluently – is primarily a mother’s task. It’s quite a big thing to do! One […]

6 HUGE Reasons to Cherish Motherhood

6 HUGE Reasons to Cherish Motherhood

Being a mother is hard work. Sometimes it can feel like there are more bad days than good ones! And while it’s so easy to lose perspective in the middle of the fray, here are 6 HUGE reasons to cherish motherhood. Keep this list to come back to every so often, because it will help […]

What to do to Banish Mum Guilt

What to do to Banish Mum Guilt

Today’s guest blogger is mother-of-two Samantha Freestone, who writes an honest story of an attack of the “mum guilts”. And what she does to stop feeling guilty. Samantha finds mum guilt a never-ending battle. But she has learnt some great strategies to combat those sinking feelings. In today’s post, she explains how to get your head around […]

Anxious Motherhood: My Ducks Were In A Row!

Anxious Motherhood My Ducks Were In A Row!

Today’s guest blogger is Sydney mother-of-two Samantha Freestone. Questions of identity and inability plagued her when she was a first-time mother. Was it post-natal depression? Nope. Unexpectedly, Sam was anxious. Hear Samantha talk about anxious thoughts on the Treasuring Mothers podcast >>> Samantha also hosts Some Answers, where she interviews everyday Christians, talking about their life, their […]

25 Little Ways To Help Your Kids Have Fun Before Turning 10

25 Little Ways To Help Your Kids Have Fun Before Turning 10

25 Little Ways To have Fun Before Turning 10 (with some help from an adult!) When my children were growing up I found it really difficult to know what they were capable of by what age. Every now and then I found a valuable list of skills per age. But I never found a list […]

20 Ways to Rock at being a Mother [12]: Work Through Loss

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother Work Through Loss

Difficult aspects of life and death are part of every person’s story. To be well-rounded and whole it’s important to work through loss and those deeper issues that cause you grief. You will be such a better mother if you do! Go Back to 20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother [11]: Being Proactive “Blessed […]

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother [18]: Wise as a Serpent and Gentle as a Dove

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother Wise as a Serpent and Gentle as a Dove

To be wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove is something Jesus told his friends when he was encouraging them as they went into a world that was often hostile. While you are probably not surrounded by a hostile family, it can sometimes feel as though your life is full of challenges, problems to solve, […]

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother [19]: Treasure the Moment

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother Treasure the Moment

One thing is certain – your time with your children is limited. This is why every mother should take time to treasure the moment. You simply do not know what the future will hold. Go back to 20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother [18]: Wise as a Serpent and Gentle as a Dove

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother [6]: Offering Forgiveness

20 Ways to Rock at Being a Mother Offering Forgiveness

Offering forgiveness is crucial to maintaining healthy relationships, and critical to being a mother who rocks.  As you think about your teen years, you will almost certainly think of things you did that your mother forgave you for. Or maybe she didn’t forgive you, and she still holds resentment! My mother had a very short time to […]