Intentional Living
Readers Are Leaders
Thursday, November 3, 2016 • Books, Intentional Living, Library, Lifestyle, Mom, Motherhood, Raising Kids, Readers, wifehood
There is nothing quite like cloudy November mornings and the library. There is something magical about when your babies start reading, and we are quickly learning that with not only Piper but also Maverick. It’s kind of like when they start walking, but better. they are opened up to a whole new world of imagination & creativity. || 📚
You really can make a huge difference! Parents are the most important educators in a child’s life – even more important than their teachers – and it’s never too early to start reading together.
Remember readers are leaders.
-Reading aloud to your child, talking about the words and pictures, and sharing ideas about a book.
-Reading to yourself -- children who see adults reading and enjoying it - are more likely to want to read to themselves.
-Surrounding your children with books - you don't need hundreds of books at home, but going to the library, or bookshops regularly to borrow books, buy books, spend time together and make choices together -- helps reading become a habit.
Simply learn to #SayYes to books.
#WednesdayWisdom
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 • Autumn, Intentional Living, Kentucky, Kids, Lifestyle, Marriage, Mom, Moms, Motherhood, Mountain, November, wifehood
Sometimes the most important things you do each day are never on your "to do" list.
I have spent the past week engrossed in motherhood. Don't get me wrong, every day of my life is spent being engrossed in motherhood . . . but I am talking about the dirty side of motherhood. The gritty battle against sickness that hits every year when November knocks on our door. We said hello to the stomach virus and marched directly into strep throat without any sort of break. Each kid battling their own symptoms, leaving me there to clean them up and bathe them in tender love and care.
Somehow we managed to hit a few houses on Halloween night and that was by the grace of God because we have had no breaks for about seven days now. Both of my kids looked like they had lost the war against sickness -- their little eyes showing exhaustion and defeat.
Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own.
I have always adored this quote. Perhaps it is because when someone else admits that Motherhood is hard, it allows us to both exhale in unison & nod in agreement. Yes, this love is heavy. Weighted in every corner. Certain seasons heavier than others. But all with the divine intention, to keep our hearts anchored first in our homes.
Yesterday we finally caught a break. Gratitude to the wonderful doctor for granting Piper a few days off from school. We spent the entire day unplugged -- or I spent the entire day unplugged.
It's amazing to see the difference made in spirits when the cellphones stay on the charger.
We didn't really crash -- it was more or less that we didn't ever move from our positions on the couch. Laying there -- with babies sprang -- cuddling -- watching Disney movie after Disney movie -- I realized how special these moments were.
I never wish sickness on us -- but I don't mind the quiet moments where we are all together, laughing, and cuddled up.
"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is: "thank you", that would suffice."
-Meister Eckhart
Goodbye October
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 • Children, Halloween, Intentional Living, Lifestyle, Moms, Motherhood, Photographer, Writer
For so many of us, when we look in the mirror, all we seem to see is tired eyes, age spots, lurking wrinkles, and extra pounds. And yet when we are wrapped up in our child's affection, we cannot help but feel the prettiest. Because their touch is nothing short of pure magic.
So Stop. Put down what you are doing. Pause & Notice. Because sometimes what lies in front of you is the real-life movie to your own everyday miracle.











We spent most of the yesterday at the doctors office. Piper has been sick on and off again for about a week now. Yesterday she found out she had strep throat. And somehow we managed to do a little bit of trick r treating. [We love Halloween just that much}
One kid was sick. The other kid was cranky and tired. Mom was mentally fried for the day. And somehow we managed to enjoy the night.
Happy Halloween Folks! And Goodbye October!
Enjoying The Now
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 • Childhood, Intentional Living, Kentucky, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Blog, Marriage, Mom, Motherhood, Raising Kids, wifehood, Writer
If I could reverse the hands of time and have a heart-to-heart with the mama I was just five short years ago, I would tell her this: Recognize & Rejoice in the season of Motherhood you are currently in. For all its worth. Surrender freely, Tiffany.
There is a time and purpose to every phase in your life. Just as we can't enjoy autumns vibrant colors in April, or picnic on a soft grassy lawn in January, neither can we expect to have all the treasures of a lifetime of seasons packed into today...to be constantly wishing away the current season, because the next season seems more appealing, is to miss the fragrance of lilacs after spring rain because you cannot wait for barbecues by the pool. ~from the book, Deliberate Motherhood. #nowisnow
xoxo,
Tiffany
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill KY
It’s Just A Bunch Of Hocus Pocus
Sunday, October 23, 2016 • Autumn, Childhood, Fall, Halloween, Intentional Living, Kentucky, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Mom blog, Motherhood, Mountains, October, Poetry, Trick R Treat
Winifred Sanderson: My ungodly book speaks to you. On All Hallow's Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. Oh oh! We shall be back, and the lives of all the children of Salem will be mine!
[All three witches cackle]
Winifred Sanderson: Twist the bones and bend the back
Sarah, Mary Sanderson: Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca
Winifred Sanderson: Trim him of his baby fat
Sarah, Mary Sanderson: Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca
Winifred Sanderson: Give him fur black as black, just
Mary Sanderson: Like
Sarah: This!







October
O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know.
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away.
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—
For the grapes’ sake along the wall.
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