Augausted Yes, that is the correct spelling. August + exhausted= Augausted May was coined several years ago as Mayhem, and we all understand why, especially when you have kids in school. There are 10 end of year ______ parties (fill in the blank with sports team, school club, social club, community activity, home school group, church bible … [Read more...]
Break Free From Busyness {Episode 08}
Hey mom, how busy are you? Is your calendar bulging at the seams? Have you become your kids personal Uber driver, shuttling them from activity to activity? If you answered yes to all of the above, then this podcast was taped for you! Listen as author, Joanne Kraft, shares the ten reasons that opened her eyes to the cold hard fact: she was … [Read more...]
What Our Family Sabbatical Taught Us – 10 Years Later
It's been 10 years. Hard to believe. This week I was on Focus on the Family sharing about the year that changed everything. It was January 2007 when we completed our one year radical sabbatical. What does that mean? It means I was frazzled, exhausted and discouraged. I recognized our family was being held hostage by busyness. We were … [Read more...]
Be Intentional – Keep Your Focus
Christmas is 40 days away and Thanksgiving a mere 12 days—as of right now. This. Very. Minute. Feeling dizzy? Is anxiety creeping in? Or, maybe you’re an exceptionally gifted procrastinator, like me. The first five federal holidays were set by U.S. Congress in the late 1800s. Thanksgiving and Christmas were there from the start. Not sure … [Read more...]
40 Days of Encouragement – Begins this Saturday!
Would you believe this Saturday we have only 40 days before Christmas? Bite your tongue! You say? If you're anything like me you roll your eyes when you see ceramic snowmen displayed in September and sigh heavily when you think of all you have to do before Thanksgiving and Christmas morning. Busyness is a common commodity this time of … [Read more...]
