motherhood Archives - Missionary Mama http://lauramthomas.com/tag/motherhood/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Thu, 16 Aug 2018 03:36:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 97442083 DO NOT DESPISE HER CHILDHOOD http://lauramthomas.com/2018/08/06/do-not-despise-her-childhood/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/08/06/do-not-despise-her-childhood/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2018 06:00:03 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20181 “Penny, NO! No, no, no, no, they just got this all ready for the grass tomorrow!” I hurried outside wondering how, in a few short minutes, two little girls could find the one thing they shouldn’t do in our big, child-friendly back yard. We were...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/08/06/do-not-despise-her-childhood/feed/ 1 20181 The Broken Beautiful of Motherhood http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/15/broken-beautiful-motherhood/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/15/broken-beautiful-motherhood/#comments Mon, 15 May 2017 06:00:31 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17763 So here is the thing about us moms. Aren’t we all just trying to make the broken things a bit more beautiful? My dear friend wrote a sprawling, honest manifesto last year on motherhood. One of my favorites. “Filling someone’s heart and loving another as they...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/15/broken-beautiful-motherhood/feed/ 1 17763 On Legacies http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/21/legacies/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/21/legacies/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2017 02:48:31 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17314 We went on a family retreat this weekend – hence the lateness of my post. We rushed back into town today, swung by the house, picked up some presents, ran frantically through Giant grabbing Lego batman toys, a premade cake, candles and a pack of...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/21/legacies/feed/ 0 17314 4 STEPS TO STAVE OFF MASTITIS http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/28/5-steps-stave-off-mastitis/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/28/5-steps-stave-off-mastitis/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:00:23 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16286 Mastitis is the worst, right? My daughter is almost 17 months and we’re still breastfeeding. I enjoy it, she enjoys it, but we are finally in the process of weaning due to some upcoming travel and my tendency to get breast infections. We had a...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/28/5-steps-stave-off-mastitis/feed/ 0 16286 Perspective is Key http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/26/perspective-is-key/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/26/perspective-is-key/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:00:52 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=15842 You know motherhood can be a lot of curveballs at times… I heard a speaker once say “You can wake up Mary Poppins and go to bed acting like Cruella De Vil”. I mean. I’ve never done that. I’m just saying it could happen… 😉...

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