Motherhood · Parenting

How to Influence Your Children Beyond the Nest

You can listen to this post here on Refresh Her podcast.

Being a mother is filled with emotions. There’s joy when the baby is born! Joy at their first coos and words. Weariness at their crying and fussiness. Excitement at their understanding of new things like reading and numbers, and Who made them and the world they live in. No one could deny the feeling of anxiety when their child goes through hard things – whether it be just learning to obey or enduring the pain of a bully at school.

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Bread · breakfast

Delicious Skillet-Cooked English Muffins

Ahhh, English muffins – crispy, crunchy and perfect with a little butter and jam for breakfast! I have made Sour Dough English Muffins and they are good, but they are labor intensive. I recently found a recipe that produced this delicious bread in a much quicker fashion. I had to try, and I’m so glad I did!

English muffins are not baked in the oven, but are cooked in a skillet. That gives them their beautiful golden exteriors and soft centers. Perfect for absorbing the butter you slather on! When I make one for breakfast, I like to toast it in the toaster and get them crisped up. These are perfect for Eggs benedict, or even pizza burgers! Here’s the recipe:

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Love · Marriage · Refreshment in marriage

Disney Magic and Real Marriage: Keeping Love Alive

Cinderella and Prince Charming, Snow White and Prince, Ariel and Eric, Beauty and the Beast…we are familiar with these Disney couples, and you know what? Disney is romantic! My husband is naturally a romantic at heart, and he seems to always find the sweetest places/opportunities to demonstrate his love to me. But Disneyworld was a really easy place to do that, considering all the love stories in their movies and all the great settings! Here are a some pics from our trip last week that are examples of how easy it is to have those love embers fanned!

The Festival of Arts was going on and we got to “jump into” this painting!
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