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Enjoy Real Food- Fruit and Veggie Challenge: Day 22Did you know there are over 30,000 different varieties of mushrooms? Mushrooms are a great source of Vitamin D. Today’s challenge is to try at least one of them! Portobello Burger (one of my favorites)4 portobello mushroom caps2 tablespoons olive oil1 tablespoon minced garlicsalt and pepper to tasteCombine the olive oil and minced garlic. Brush the mushr […]
- Fruit and Veggie Challenge: Day 22
- A Parent in Silver Spring
- Vote The Still Point Best Spa in City Paper PollAs I have written recently, becoming a customer…nay, a devotee, a groupie…of The Still Point Spa in Takoma Park has dramatically improved my health, appearance and post-partum mojo. So I encourage you guys to check out The Still Point for a facial, acupuncture, massage or other eco-friendly, healthful treatment, as well as send this local, […]
- Vote The Still Point Best Spa in City Paper Poll
- Author, Jody Hedlund
- Publication: Perfection Not RequiredSometimes I think we writers would like to find the magic formula for having our books reach success. We’re constantly drawn to posts that say things like: “How to Write a Best Seller in Three Easy Steps” or “Increase Your Amazon Rankings Overnight” or Ten Ways to Triple Your Book Sales.”I admit. Those kinds of titles pull me in.But sadly, there are no secre […]
- Publication: Perfection Not Required
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent
- 13 Ways to Impress an AgentAdmit it, you’ve been trying to crack the code for getting an agent’s attention, whether in a query or a face-to-face meeting. You’ve been searching high and low for the secret to making an agent sit up and say “Wow!” Well, since I like you so much, I’m going to risk ostracism from my colleagues […]
- 13 Ways to Impress an Agent
- Blessed…
- Schuconnected
- Some Pictures!Ok, so somehow uploading pictures has become a rare activity in our home...poor baby #3 will probably have no evidence of most of her early childhood. Anyway, here are some pictures from the past few weeks...Jude, a couple days before Christmas, with his and Greta's new bears.Greta, Christmas morning.Greta Christmas morning, in her new dress up outfit. […]
- Some Pictures!
- Kathi Lipp – Christian Speaker and Author of The Husband Project
- Getting dinner to the table“What’s for dinner mom?” “Where’s dinner, honey?” Sound familiar? Dinner: The anticipated or dreaded question of the day. The thing we agonize over not long after breakfast. What are you cooking for dinner tonight? Hopefully, we can help each other out and make it a bit easier most nights of the week. [...]Getting dinner to the table […]
- Getting dinner to the table
March 1, 2011 from Guideposts Boooks
Represented by Rachelle Gardner from Word Serve Literary
Available NOW at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Christian Book and wherever books are sold!
You’re pregnant. You thought you’d be glowing.
Instead, you’re glistening with sweat, reeling from nausea and (worst of all) you can’t get your favorite jeans buttoned. You’re irritable, nervous, bloated and to be perfectly honest, a bit annoyed that it takes nine whole months to grow a baby. Couldn’t God have speeded up the process a bit—say, two or three weeks? To top it all off, everyone at church keeps gushing about how ecstatic you must be to be pregnant and what a blessing it is. And, while you are ecstatic about the baby, this pregnancy thing is a whole different story.
Think you’re going to need some help keeping a godly attitude while figuring out this whole pregnancy thing? Here’s one Christian mama’s take on everything pregnancy—from stretch marks to weight gain to labor and delivery. Full of helpful tips (how exactly do you quell that not-just-in-the-morning sickness) and amusing anecdotes (are you saying everyone doesn’t crave peanut butter and olive sandwiches?), The Christian Mama’s Guide to Having a Baby has the advice you want to hear (and some you don’t).
And at the end of nine months, we promise you, you really will be glowing.
Daily Guideposts for New Moms
Available at Amazon
I’m so excited to be a contributing author to the book Daily Guideposts for new moms.
Presented in the popular Daily Guideposts format, this encouraging devotional is written by experienced mothers for new mothers.
Though the first year of motherhood is a blessing, it can also be a physical, emotional and spiritual challenge. Written specifically for new mothers who have only a few minutes to pray each day, the pieces in this devotional come from experienced moms of faith who offer companionship, insights, struggles and laughter. More than fifteen contributors share how God has been with them as they’ve changed diapers, gone through unexpected changes in their prayer lives, and dealt with changing relationships with friends, spouses and family. Each day’s short reading offers a nugget of practical faith to absorb, a Bible verse, and a prayer.
As editor Julia Attaway explains in her Introduction, ‘This book is a guidebook of sorts, a travelogue written by those who have already gone down the sometimes rocky road of becoming a parent. The twenty moms (and one dad) you’ll meet here will regale you with tales of love, frustration, exhaustion and humor. They open their hearts and lives so that you can walk with them through the daily challenge of growing in faith and parenting wisdom.’ New mothers will find support and laughter in
Daily Guideposts: Your First Year of Motherhood and a new and welcoming group of friends and prayer partners.