Autumn Daldo, Author at Missionary Mama http://lauramthomas.com/author/autumn-daldo/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Fri, 05 May 2017 15:05:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 97442083 Vision Board http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/05/vision-board/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/05/vision-board/#respond Fri, 05 May 2017 06:00:16 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17719 A few years ago I went through a difficult season where I felt really lost and couldn’t seem to find any breakthrough. There were a number of things I did during that time… Sought counseling, read books, prayed, exercised, ate right, reached out to friends, etc, etc, etc. We’ve all...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/05/vision-board/feed/ 0 17719 Smoothie Pops http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/07/smoothie-pops/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/07/smoothie-pops/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2017 06:00:49 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17543 About 8 years ago I watched Food. Inc and began a journey to change our diet habits feeding our family healthier, more nutritious food. We’ve tried different types of diets and at times I’ve been stricter… while other times, too lenient. Overall though, we’ve adapted a...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/03/03/gentle-still-voice/feed/ 0 17352 5 steps to practice more parenting self-control http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/03/5-steps-practice-parenting-self-control/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/03/5-steps-practice-parenting-self-control/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:00:10 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17229 I’ve been really struggling with something the last few months. I mean… If I’m truly honest it’s something I’ve struggled with all my parenting life. More specifically, I struggled with it more and more I added to my now 4 children. And it’s never “gone away”. Ready for...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/23/the-problem-with-comparison/feed/ 0 17078 Soup, it’s what’s for Dinner! http://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/02/soup-whats-dinner/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/02/soup-whats-dinner/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2016 06:00:54 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16952 It’s the time of year where heavy foods and sweets abound. I’m also freezing. It’s a bit embarrassing for this born and raised Western NY girl to admit that she’s cold living in San Diego but I am just freezing, OK? During this busy season I...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/02/soup-whats-dinner/feed/ 0 16952 Self Care and You… http://lauramthomas.com/2016/11/18/time-self-care/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/11/18/time-self-care/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2016 06:00:46 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16870 Last time I blogged, I shared about Inner Beauty. I’ve been thinking over the last few weeks about how difficult it was for me over my 10 years of motherhood to have an ebb and flow figuring out how to take care of myself. I...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/11/18/time-self-care/feed/ 0 16870 Inner Beauty http://lauramthomas.com/2016/10/21/inner-beauty/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/10/21/inner-beauty/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2016 06:00:53 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16739 I saw someone once post the following on Facebook about women… “Fake hair, fake eyelashes, fake teeth, fake color, fake singing along with other enhancements… what’s real? True beauty comes from within…” I thought about it a lot, pondering my life and what I have...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/10/21/inner-beauty/feed/ 1 16739 Just Keep Moving http://lauramthomas.com/2016/10/07/just-keep-moving/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/10/07/just-keep-moving/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:58:44 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16583 A few weekends ago we went hiking down the side of a pretty steep mountain. This picture doesn’t do it justice but it was pretty steep. We watched some other “young” (I mean… young is relative… they were in their 20’s) people do it and...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/10/07/just-keep-moving/feed/ 0 16583 Healthy Family Eating= Planning (part 2) http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/23/healthy-family-eating-planning-part-2/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/23/healthy-family-eating-planning-part-2/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:00:11 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16455 I posted several weeks ago about my process to get my family eating healthy and some tools I’ve found helpful. You can read about it all here. I’ve had several follow up conversations with people about this blog post asking more detailed questions on how I...

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