by Becky Thompson | Oct 22, 2015 | For Mommas
Okay, we’ve done this every morning for the last nine weeks. It’s the same classroom, the same teachers, the same kids. We know how the morning will go, and that mommy comes to pick you up after you play outside and you eat your snack. It’s the same every single day....
by Becky Thompson | Oct 15, 2015 | For Mommas
Today, I was scrolling through Facebook while my kids played quietly with toys. For the record, I give my kids 100% of my attention. I do not ignore them, but when they are entertaining themselves, I will take my own mental health break and scroll mindlessly for a few...
by Becky Thompson | Oct 6, 2015 | Infertility & Miscarriage
It was a simple picture posted to social media. A man sitting behind his wife with his arms wrapped around her… hands gently resting on the sides of her tummy. She wore the world’s brightest smile and a shirt that read, “Momma-To-Be.” It was how they would announce…...
by Becky Thompson | Sep 28, 2015 | For Mommas, Most Shared
For the Momma of the Strong-Willed Child It takes a special kind of momma to raise a strong-willed child. It takes a certain endless amount of grace to continually define the lines of what is and isn’t acceptable all while your child ceaselessly pushes back. It’s hard...
by Becky Thompson | Sep 28, 2015 | For Bloggers
When I first began blogging in 2013, I had no idea what I was doing. I mean… I suppose that is not completely accurate. I knew how to operate a basic WordPress blog, because I was a photographer, and I kept a blog to showcase my work. But I had no idea how to...
by Becky Thompson | Sep 26, 2015 | Marriage, Most Shared
Maybe I should have said this a long time ago. Maybe this is the heart behind many of my other writings. Maybe I should have just found a few minutes to put into words what my heart has wanted to say for a while now. So, to my sweet husband, a few things I want NEED...
by Becky Thompson | Jul 28, 2015 | For Mommas
Yesterday, I took a picture with my daughter and posted it to Facebook. In the caption, I wrote: “She thinks you’re beautiful momma. You are just her favorite. They say that the relationship between a girl and her momma changes over time. They warn us that one...
by Becky Thompson | Jul 24, 2015 | For Mommas
Well, the day is over. The kids are in bed, and I’m sitting here knowing that tomorrow pretty much looks just like today. Because while the details might be slightly different, the pattern of endless giving and caring and pouring my heart out won’t change....
by Becky Thompson | Jul 20, 2015 | For Mommas, Marriage
He came in from a long day of work and took his boots off by the front door. I was standing in the living room trying to fold the clothes with one arm while holding a baby with the other. Our oldest two had abandoned the Disney Junior show that they were watching, and...
by Becky Thompson | Jul 15, 2015 | Devotionals
This page is a place of grace. It is a place of love. It is a place where we listen as mothers and as women to the truth of the Father spoken over our lives. It’s safe here. Your heart… it is safe here. So often we discuss the realities of motherhood. So often we...
by Becky Thompson | Jun 28, 2015 | Trending Issues
We were on vacation. That is what I will tell my children when they ask where we were the day that the Supreme Court made a ruling that would allow same-sex marriage nationwide. I had signed off of social media for the week… I had lost track of my days and...
by Becky Thompson | Jun 19, 2015 | For Mommas, Marriage
When we were dating, I liked to imagine what you would be like as a daddy someday. You would do something funny, and I would think, “Awww. See. He’s going to be such a fun dad.” Or you would do something purposefully kind, and I would say to myself, “Yes! He’s...
by Becky Thompson | Jun 16, 2015 | Devotionals, For Mommas
This is my son. He is five years old. He loves Legos, pretending to be any form of super hero, and whatever “screen time” I will allow him. He sleeps with a special blanket. He would eat his weight in sweets if I were to let him, and he loves Jesus like a...
by Becky Thompson | Jun 1, 2015 | Most Shared, Trending Issues
On Monday, Vanity Fair released the cover of their latest edition depicting a photograph of Bruce Jenner with a caption, “Call me Caitlyn.” The internet is already buzzing as people weigh in on the article and everything that it means for our culture and...
by Becky Thompson | May 29, 2015 | For Mommas
Like so much of the rest of the world, I was glued to my TV when Kate married William… I mean when Her Royal Highness Catherine Elizabeth, The Duchess of Cambridge married His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge. It felt like I was...