Feeling Overwhelmed
What God Taught Me About Being A Working Mom
By Michelle Flaningan | | Feeling Overwhelmed, Parenting
I always wanted to be a stay at home mom. For years I prayed that God would help align our financial situation with my heart’s desire. But my prayers seemed to be continually met with the realistic need for employment. So I continued to work outside of our home while attempting to be the…
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Help for Your Unsatisfied Soul
By Michelle Flaningan | | Contentment, Feeling Overwhelmed
I had the privilege of sharing this post n Living by Design magazine, SOULfood Saturday email. Visit https://livingbydesign.org/ for more information, and to sign up for emails! When we bought our current home, we knew we would be in for some cosmetic changes. Sure, the structure was sound and the major items had been updated,…
Read More You Can Bring the Shoes to Me
By Michelle Flaningan | | Feeling Overwhelmed, Parenting
“But my toes feel weeiiiirrrdd!” he cried as I adjusted his new sandals. I calmly reassured him that he could change back into his favorite slides as soon as we were done. Our passionate five-year-old was having a rough time adjusting to his new shoes that morning. He was having a difficult time managing all…
Read More When Change Leaves You Exhausted
By Michelle Flaningan | | Feeling Overwhelmed
The other night at 3am I heard whimpers and whines along with a gentle rattling of our new puppy’s crate. Maverick was excited to see me, but more excited to encounter the big back yard. As I stood in the yard waiting for him to finish marking his territory, my mind instinctively wandered back in…
Read More When You Feel Heavy Hearted
By Michelle Flaningan | | Feeling Overwhelmed, Parenting
We are now finishing up the 8th week of shelter in place and our kids being sent home to complete school work through distance learning. Eight weeks sounds like such a long time, doesn’t it? Yesterday, it was announced that stay at home orders will remain in place until the end of May for many…
Read More When You Feel the Weight of Worry
By Michelle Flaningan | | Feeling Overwhelmed
Psalm 34:4 “I sought the Lord and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.” ESV “We don’t even have enough money to order a pizza?” He questioned as I intentionally stared down at my phone screen. Our family had just arrived home from our day, and already I was holding back tears.…
Read More A Big Change
By Michelle Flaningan | | Feeling Overwhelmed, Trust
Have you ever received life changing news when your plate seemed so full already? Our family received such news during the winter of 2015 when one of our twins (Lucas) was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Our family was living a pretty full life at the time. We had two full-time jobs, 3 young children…
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