Musings of a Mentor Mom

^"3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not 

to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 

⁴ Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,

 ⁵ to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be 

subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God."

Titus 2:3-5

I am going to start a new series of posts . . .  Musings of a Mentor Mom . . .  hoping to post weekly.

As most of you know, I am passionate about being a Mentor (or "Big Sis") to Young Moms (and not-so-young moms).  I do all I can to support . . . encourage . . . and just. plain. love, others that have chosen to walk The Mommy Journey.

Like it or not (smile), I am now an "older woman".  I so desire to "teach what is good".  I want my life to be an example of all that God can do when we surrender to His plan for our lives.  I so want to urge younger women "to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands".



I also have a passion to speak / write / minister to women in general, and have so missed the Speaking & Writing Ministry that I had for 20+ years (that I had to put on the back burner for the past few years).  If you are interested in finding out more about my ministry, I would love to have you pop over to my ministry website:  http://ajourneyoffaith.net , which I hope to expand and update soon.

The past 4 years have been FILLED to overflowing / overwhelming with crisis after crisis after crisis.  Yet, God has been FAITHFUL to lead us through . . . to bring us to the other side . . . and to teach us through each and every pain-filled step of the journey (not that we have somehow "arrived".  oh. my. no.  We are certainly not at a place of "living happily ever after".  But, we are moving forward.).  I believe that the Lord is leading me to step out now . . . . and to begin ministering again through my Speaking & Writing Ministry  "A Journey of Faith".

I know that my blog has ministered to many of you  (even as we have been smack in the middle of significant and devastating family crises), but I want to make a concerted effort now, to use it as a ministry tool,  in addition to being our Family Journal.  I want to set aside a weekly time to focus on specific Mommy Topics, so that I can be even more of a Mommy Mentor to those of you who don't live near enough for me to lend a hand and a listening ear, and give you a hug "just because".

To start this new series of Musings of a Mentor Mom, I am going to be sharing articles that I have written over the years for several magazines.  For nearly 10 years, I wrote regular columns for 2 Mommy Magazines:  "Hearts at Home" and "TEACH: To Encourage And Challenge Homeschoolers".

We'll take a look at budgets, groceries, road trips, discipline, household organization, beauty, parenting, teamwork, and many more Mommy Topics.

But . . . I would also love YOUR input.


What areas of Motherhood/Homemaking do you most need help and encouragement in?


What questions would you ask if you and I were to sit down for a Cup of Coffee or Tea?


What Mommy Moments do you most wish you had a Mentor (or Big Sis) you could call . . . to cry with, to ask questions of, to commiserate with?


Maybe some of you could even ask these questions on your blogs.  I so want to hear from Young Mamas (or not-so-young mamas), how I can encourage and support you in your Mommy Journeys.  I'm even thinking of starting a separate blog, specifically for this type of encouragement.  What do you think?


I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks in advance for your input . . .