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Early Mornings & Late Nights

A Moment In Time

February 3, 2014 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

As I sit here this morning listening to the sound if the rain outside, breastfeeding my baby, I am filled with a peace and joy that is hard to explain.

Have you ever had a moment like that? A moment where things are still and quiet, where you are able to reflect on the things inside you and around you. A moment where you can hear The Lord tell you that He loves you?

As a mom, these moments don’t happen all of the time. I have to create moments like this. What do I mean?

Well, it’s 6:45am. That’s right! I’m up before my kids…and I’m doing nothing.

We had our prayer call this morning and I was encouraged to walk in love. Now I am preparing myself mentally for my day.

As mothers we are needed dearly by our children. Yet we can’t be what they need us to be, if we aren’t ok. We have to find out what it takes for us to be well, at peace within ourselves and to have joy.

That may mean having quiet time during the day, a bit just for mom, but for the kids too. I am finding that this idea of quiet time is new for many moms. Outside of nap time, there is no quiet, personal, alone time for both the children and the mom. Yet, this is how I have learned to stay healthy.

Quiet time is good for both mom or dad and the children.

We have to decide when and how to do it.

This is how I am doing it today. Sitting, listening to the rain…experiencing the peace if God within me.

I hope that you find time to have a quiet moment today.

Filed Under: Daily, Early Mornings & Late Nights, Reflection, Thoughts Tagged With: health, moment, quiet, quiet time, reflection

My Desire

September 13, 2013 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

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This morning, I sit and think on what it means to be a woman, wife, and a mother.  I think on the expectations that are put on an individual with such titles, an individual like me.

Lord,

Help me not to attempt to meet the unrealistic expectations that the world has set before me, but instead to meet your godly standard and expectations.  Help me to fulfill the purpose and plan that you have for me.

In Jesus’ name

~Amen

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights, Thoughts Tagged With: prayer, Purpose, woman

I’m Just Going to Write…

June 12, 2012 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

I am sitting here in my Utah apartment. It is 1:31 am and my eyes feel like they are about to shut at any moment now.

So, why an I still awake?

Why am I sitting here listening to the sound of my fingertips clonking down on the buttons of the keyboard?

Because, honestly, I simply enjoy writing…in this case typing.

There are times when there is so much going on in my head, that the sound of a fire truck passing by could not tune out my thoughts. I think about things all of the time. I’m not exactly sure that it’s a bad thing to think all of the time. 🙂 Still, the fact is that I do. I am always contemplating or analyzing or deciding…something.

Thus writing is a way to get all of those things that I am meditating on out of my head. It is a way to quiet the noise. I find it extremely relaxing. Even when I am not writing about anything in particular, but simply experiencing a stream of consciousness. I enjoy it. It is as the river of my thought flow that I feel as if I am taking in deep breaths of air…Selah

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Those are the moments when I feel God releasing me from the chains that have kept me bound, whatever chains they are…doesn’t matter. I feel His presence as I sit and I write…again…Selah

Yes, I had another moment and I absolutely loved it! To feel the words leaving my being and the presence of God all around me as I effortlessly do one of the things that I was created to do is splendid.

So, at 1:39 am, I have found my rest. I have taken a moment, well 7 of them, and experienced the peace of God in my life trough my writing.

I am glad that I decided to write.


Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights, Feelings, Uncategorized Tagged With: feelings, Thoughts, writing

Hold On!!!

January 4, 2012 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

Sometimes I just need to say something. Not to anyone in particular. I feel like I a keeping my thoughts and feelings bottled inside and I just may burst at the seams. So, what should I do? I know…write a post. I do have a blog right?! Although there are times when I’m not too sure about putting my thought “out there,” this is of one of those times.

What an I going on and on about? What has me so rattled that I feel combustible? School. Not just school, but college as a mother and a wife. Right now, I am thanking God that I don’t work. I’m not sure if my stress comes from the fact that I haven’t been to school in over a year or if it’s just that I’m not crazy about Shakespeare. I’m really not sure. What I do know is that school is trying to kick my butt.

Scheduling all of my and my children’s activities, studying, completing assignments, cooking, cleaning, and still looking good isn’t easy. But, I’ll be ok.

Filed Under: Early Mornings & Late Nights, Reflection, Uncategorized Tagged With: frustration, parenting, school, shakespeare, time, tired

I’m Pro-Life…and not a Lesbian

April 28, 2011 By Mrs. Mom 28 Comments

I had no intention of being up this late, but I stumbled upon a site titled “I Support Abortion Rights…Because I’m a lesbian”  and decided to read an article.  I response to it I have decided to post my thoughts.

The real thing to be said is that, Pat’s quote obviously hit a nerve and so this article was written.  Question…what nerve was it that he it.  We all know the obvious, lesbians can have children as long as a man is involved in some form or fashion.  But why, are lesbians the way that they are?  It has a lot to do with extreme feminism and a desire to be masculine, which is what I think he was trying to say without saying it.  Lesbians have decided that they want to be free from all forms of masculine control and that includes the “opportunity” that women have to be concerned about being pregnant or not.  There are so many women out there that struggle to have children, but it seems, from the posts that I read here, that it is looked at as a privilege to not have to be concerned about pregnancy.  Women make great friends, but there is a place in the life of a woman to have an intimate relationship with a man as a partner (and I mean spouse).

Why is there a need to have full control over the life of another individual, a baby that  one day will be an adult.  All of those adults add up to equal different groups of people that have been wiped off of the face of the earth because someone wants to have full control.  There is a place in our society for submission and there are things that we don’t know.  Like why it is healthy to have authority and submission; in the lives of both genders.  Lesbians have lost a sense of balance when they became lesbians and therefore make the statement in almost every area of their lives…I don’t need a man for anything, I have one only for what I want him for.    That is very damaging to our society as a whole.  Although there are aspects of being liberal that benefit our society and the individuals in it, when it is unchecked ,we end up on a slippery slope not knowing where we are headed.  There are times when the thoughts of the feminist movement have almost destroyed my marriage and every relationship that I have.  It is only when I realize that it does not always have to be my way and that life is about a compromise…that I am truly liberated and later on see where I was wrong.

Part of who every woman was created to be is a mother and a wife. She is a nurturer and a help-meet in so many different ways.  This even applies to women who are single.  Yet when you take these feminine titles and duties away from a woman you change who she is an attempt to compare her to a man. We are not men…we are women.  I am pro-life.  I understand that people want to have a choice.  It a choice that many women after they choose, wish that someone would have told them what the repercussions were going to be like.  Some women have utterly destroyed themselves and someone else because of their desire to be “in charge.”  I could have been aborted, but I thank God that I wasn’t.  My mother’s life wasn’t only about her life.  She had been given a gift.  The gift of being able to carry life within herself and usher it into this world.  Within the life that she gave was the lives of three small children, that one day will play a role in the rest of the world.  We each make a difference.  What difference are lesbians making in trying to be men.  If you want to be a man do that on your own, but don’t encourage other women to begin to think and act like that which they are not.

It takes a lot to walk on both sides of the fence, but it takes so much more to choose a side.  What might be frightening is when you choose a side you have to stick to it and there is a fear that causes us to run away from our true destiny.   We were created in a certain way to be who we are…be who you are, embrace what you are really like, and watch your beauty shine.  Not as a lesbian, but as the woman that God created you to be, who was set free.

Filed Under: Blogging, Early Mornings & Late Nights, Findings Tagged With: abortion, lesbian, pro-life

What to expect when…

April 26, 2011 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

Wow! What a day?! It was an action packed adventure. There were ups and downs. I had me a couple ins and outs. As I sat down tonight, with all of the kids asleep, I wondered if there is a seminar, book, dvd, or cd that could help us when it comes to raising our kids. I remember that book “What to expect when you’re expecting,” or even “What to expect during the first year.” Those are great books, but there should be one called “What to expect when parenting…period” Let me tell you, I need a copy! It should say something like…
Expect to be challenged
Expect ups and downs
Expect messy clothes and poopy diapers
Expect dirty faces and possible poopy hands
Expect booger eating
Most of all expect the unexpected…

Man, what is a mom to do? I just know that there should have been a class in high school that would give women a realistic view on raising children older than one. Now, I love my children, I am just tired. Honestly after a day like the one I had…I should be tired. I must say, I am learning what to expect from my children. Maybe I should write the book…What to expect when parenting…PERIOD!!!

Filed Under: Daily, Early Mornings & Late Nights, Mothering Tagged With: being a mom, daily living, expect, kids, raising kids, what to expect

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