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Revolutionize Your Communication in Marriage With These Powerful Proverbs
Communication is at the heart of a good marriage. Couples who talk, listen and understand each other build a relationship over the years that is truly beautiful. Think about how important it is to rock this skill. You could know and understand your spouse more. You could better empathize with his or her struggles. You could avoid fights that stem from misunderstandings. You could speak with more confidence and clarity. Thankfully, the book of Proverbs found in the Bible gives us wise instructions on how to communicate well with our spouses. Revolutionize your communication in marriage with these powerful Proverbs LISTEN before you speak A fool takes no pleasure in…
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Make Parenthood Your Superpower and Achieve Great Things
. Don’t see parenthood as an obstacle in your life. Instead, make parenthood your superpower and achieve great things with it. In this blog post, I’m going to share my growth as a parent and how that maturity allowed me to be even more effective in my life. “I had no idea how much of my life I had to give up,” a new mom recently confessed to me. We all know life changes drastically when we become parents. But just like this mom, we have a vague idea of exactly how our former lives would change. Here are some of the ways I’ve seen my life change: The way…
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My Birth Story – Part 2 A Natural VBAC Birth At 37 Weeks
My second daughter Glorianne was born one month ago. Today I’m sharing my birth story where I had a natural VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) at 37 weeks in the hospital. I shared about my frustrating week-long labour in PART 1. Here is my VBAC experience. Labour Pains The morphine and gravol shot gave me four sweet hours of sleep. I think it was the best 4 hours of sleep I had gotten all week. But I woke up at 3 am with another urge to pee. Then the contractions hit me like a tidal wave and made me double-over with pain. I crawled back into bed and cried –…
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Best Advice For New Parents
New parents need all the advice they can get. In this frantic season of life, it’s difficult to know what is important and how to navigate all the new challenges you face. I’ve been there. So, I recently asked a group of experienced parents the best advice they would give to new parents. I took the nuggets of gold that resonated with my experience as a new parent and compiled them below. Here’s the resulting list of best advice for new parents: 1. Trust your gut instinct I think the biggest struggle as a new parent is lack of affirmation. It’s hard to know if what you’re doing is “right”.…
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My Birth Story – Part 1 My Week Long Labour
My second daughter Glorianne was born at 37 (+4) weeks and weighed a tiny 5lb 2oz. I had a natural VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) in the hospital. Today I want to share Part 1 of Glorianne’s birth story – my week-long labour process. The Scare I’d been extremely thankful that my pregnancy had been smooth and uneventful this second time around. But at 36+3 weeks, I woke up in the middle of the night and found my pad soaked with dark red blood. As I sat on the toilet, more blood gushed out. I panicked. I called my hubby awake. I was frozen with fear. Thoughts rushed in my…
