Pre-Christmas Toy tidy
Christmas Day with young children usually means a LOT more toys to add to the collection. In our case, we didn't buy our children toys throughout the year, but saved up to...
The Mother
They can’t read your mind!
Become a better communicator In my post https://therefinedmother.com/overcome-overwhelm-the-first-step/, I mentioned some areas we can look at to help overcome the overwhelmed feeling we so often have as wives and mothers. One of...
TEACH your child to be a great FRIEND
Part 5 in the Friendship series The importance of childhood friendship I had a very best friend all through my childhood. We did everything together and are still friends today. I realised...
Loyalty
An overlooked, essential quality At the age of 45, in a long telephone conversation with my sister, we unearthed the unlikely importance of loyalty. In our family home of origin, we could...
The Fortified Father
Reinforced by you - his wife "Male and female He created them." Different. Not the same. On Purpose. Why are we so often surprised by this? Especially when it comes to parenting!...
My homeschooling journey
A personal story As a young teacher, I held a bit of a trumped up view of my role, and of the education system as a whole. Homeschooling was uncommon in my...
The Professional Mother
Characteristics of a professional at first glance: dressed for the role prior preparation and planning punctual organised scheduled start and end times, meetings, deadlines skilled and competent for the task paid and...
Look for the doughnut (instead of the hole)
Overcoming Overwhelm Step 4 - Sinful attitudes revealed Slowly, as I spent time at The Lord's feet, talking through my struggles and difficulties with Him, He began to reveal sinful attitudes I...
Overwhelmed? Me? – NEVER!
I might have said this very thing in our first 17 years of marriage. There were the usual struggles and adjustments, marital spats and immaturity. We even threw in an international emigration....
He fills my cup
The unseen nature of a mother's work is often the most challenging. "Has anybody noticed?" we ask ourselves. "Do they know how tired I am?" No accolades, promotions, or acclaim in this...