Category Archives: Gently & Quietly“Mom, I’m so glad you’re painting again”Update on the Gently + Quietly project – Part 2 . You can read Part 1 here I had just carved out some time toView full post » “Mom, sometimes you’re like the Hulk”Update on the Gently + Quietly Project – Part 1 I sat down to write about where my gently + quietly journey hasView full post » I slept with a stranger to save my marriage“I’m looking past our faults from those scattered days. And fancying redemption.” I sat inView full post » When it’s hard to do marriage gently + quietly…I thought that being real about the struggle we moms face on a daily basis to be patient with our children would giveView full post » The biggest mistake I made this Advent…“In John 3:16, Jesus teaches us that the God who exists loves. Let that sink in. The God who absolutely is.View full post » A world without Octobers…I have lived seven years in a world without Octobers. I should say I have lived in this place without Octobers,View full post » Oh F#*%!I have to start over. Again. Less than two weeks later. Because I yelled. And I said the WORST word. It was aView full post » Does having a gentle and quiet spirit mean being a doormat?This is the part I’m not sure how to talk about. This is the part I have wrestled with for thirty somethingView full post » I did what I never wanted to do again, and this is what I learned from it…After a month of living in what felt like victorious grace, I yelled at my firstborn son. It began as these thingsView full post » I haven’t yelled at my kids in a month and this is what I’ve learned…One month ago I made a commitment that I wouldn’t raise my voice for one year, and my children are the people itView full post » I haven’t yelled at my kids in three weeks and this is what I have learned…Before I made this commitment to not raise my voice for one year, I was not living a life of congruence, and I stillView full post » I haven’t yelled at my kids in two weeks and this is what I have learned…It has been two weeks since I raised my voice and I have learned something unexpected. I am meant to be a candleView full post » I haven’t yelled at my kids in one week and this is what I have learned…I have read so many books, studied methods, gone to counseling, and learned about my personality. I have owned my ownView full post » Gently and Quietly – an impossible project is bornI have been delaying writing this post for some time now. First I knew I needed to do something, but wasn’t sureView full post » When you wonder what you’re doing…I help him pack his lunch, lay out his new uniform and tie his cap on tight. It is the first day for him to follow inView full post » When you realize you’re not enough…I held my newborn daughter, long awaited and hoped for after losing three precious babies and after growing threeView full post » When you realize you can’t keep up …I had high hopes. I cleaned off my laptop and organized my photo catalogs. I was going to blog this baby right,View full post » When a summer day comes crashing down…The notification pops up in my email… A claim for an automobile accident on our insurance. I was in aView full post » SilencedThere are many reasons for the silence. Many reasons not to open my mouth. Noise, noise, noise all day long, but I fallView full post » |
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