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Fitting in Serving Others as a Busy Mom

March 10, 2025March 4, 2015 by valplowman
Mom and son baking cookies

It can be hard to find time to serve others when you are a busy mother. Get ideas for what you can do in this post! Included in the long …

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Categories Motherhood Tags service 3 Comments

Books for Moms to Read!

February 24, 2025February 19, 2015 by valplowman
A bunch of books that moms would love to read!

Get a list of clean books for YOU to read for fun! There are a variety of genres here, so you can find something you will love! I often share …

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Categories Motherhood 2 Comments

How and Why of Knowing Our Children’s Love Languages

September 22, 2021January 29, 2015 by valplowman
Family of 6 sitting on river rock

The How and Why of Knowing Our Children’s Love Languages. How to figure out what your kids’ love languages are and why you should do so. How to Know Your …

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Categories Parenting Tags love, love language 2 Comments

Guilt as a Mother: Consider the Source

February 3, 2025January 28, 2015 by valplowman
Woman feeling guilty. She is wearing a yellow shirt.

If you feel like you are a failure and can never improve, this is not inspiration from the Lord. The Lord will correct you, but He will always encourage you …

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Categories Motherhood Tags word to the weary 2 Comments

This, Too, Shall Pass {Guest Post}

May 6, 2024January 15, 2015 by valplowman
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Life with a newborn can be really hard! It seems overwhelming and hard. But the hard days do end. by Elaine from http://www.faithfullyinfertile.com/ As a general rule, I dislike the …

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Categories Motherhood Tags adoption, BFBN, Guest Post, newborns, word to the weary 1 Comment

How Praise Can Damage Your Child

January 13, 2025January 13, 2015 by valplowman

Did you know praise can actually HURT your child? Learn how to praise the correct way to motivate and help your child rather than cause long-term difficulty and struggles. This …

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Resolutions Parents Should Make that Matter

December 30, 2024January 7, 2015 by valplowman

Get 7 categories of ideas for setting your New Year’s Resolutions this year. As parents, we should be making goals to continue to improve and grow! Here we are, one …

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Categories Parenting Tags goals 3 Comments
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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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