Love – Feb 2018
Loving Well as a Wife and Mom
This series of essays and podcast episodes brings wisdom and encouragement to moms who want to build strong marriages and cultivate close family connections.
// PODCAST EPISODES //
#32 – Loving Well as a Mom featuring Kat Lee and the Kindred Mom Team
“In this episode, Emily Allen hosts conversations about Loving Well as a Mom with special guest, Kat Lee (author of Hello Mornings and one of the hosts of the Hello Mornings Podcast.) This episode is full of perspective and practical advice about how to love your children well.”
#33 – Loving Well as a Wife featuring Ann Hinman and the Kindred Mom Team
“In this episode, Emily Allen hosts conversations about Loving Well as a Wife with special guest, Ann Hinman (Pastor’s wife & mom of 3 grown children.) This episode is full of perspective and practical advice about how to invest in your marriage for the long haul, especially with kids in the mix.”
#34 – Loving Well by Setting Limits featuring Noelle Rhodes and the Kindred Mom Team
“In this episode, Emily Allen hosts conversations about Loving Well by Setting Limits with special guest, Noelle Rhodes (Writer & Host of the Friending Podcast.) This episode discusses why limits and boundaries are an important part of loving our families well.”
// ESSAYS ON THE BLOG //
Invitation to Love: A Series about Loving Well as a Wife and Mom – Emily Allen & Jennifer Van Winkle
“The reality is–you, with your cold coffee in hand and lego creations underfoot, already have exactly what it takes to love your family well without so much striving. You are already a force of love who shows up every single day to meet the needs of those in your household, doing the seemingly insignificant tasks that ultimately build a legacy.
You are a good mom.”
Tending a Marriage – Robin Chapman
“We’ve planted, carefully, little seedlings of vulnerability. This is scary because those are especially fragile, but having provided them with TONS of safety and love and honor, those little things are starting to thrive. They’re turning into some lovely things. He knows I love him and his heart, and has seen—slowly, incrementally—that I won’t turn away when he fails. I have learned to trust his heart for me as well, and am learning (again, slowly) not to be such a chicken about speaking my heart to him.”
The Soundtrack of a Marriage – Lindsey Cornett
“Of course, the circumstances of our move to Michigan could not make our marriage stronger. Only we could do that. We learned to say, ‘This isn’t quite working for me,’ and ‘This is what I need from you today.’ Then we learned to have that same conversation again as often as necessary, each of us making adjustments along the way.”
Go Get Him, Tiger – Jennifer Van Winkle
“In order to have the love story I wanted, I had to step out of the shadows and begin writing it myself. I learned to play offense instead of defense. As soon as I recognized things needed to change, I made myself some promises to build a romantic relationship that would satisfy me.”
How to Become the Most Unlikeable Mother in the Room – Noelle Rhodes
“Friendship is one of the most vital ingredients to not just surviving motherhood…but enjoying it too.”
To My Strong-Willed Son – Carrie Usmar
“I love your sense of curiosity. You like to figure out how things work…because of you, I’ve found joy in the little things.”
Love in the Time of Twins – Michelle Gee
“In the months leading up to the birth of my children, my excitement and anticipation had been met with numerous forms of anxiety, one of which involved my marriage…As The Day of our planned C-section neared, I cried to my husband, remembering a graph of marital happiness from one of my college psychology courses. The line quantifying marital bliss steadily, naively climbed, only to plummet once children entered the picture.”
// LINKS FROM AROUND THE WEB //
A Book – and Husband – Review – by Lauren Sparks
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