This cute craft is an amazing way for your children to practise essential pre-literacy fine motor skills by cutting and gluing, whilst learning to identify the letter M and the sound. While she defines “mediocre” as constant complaining, the rest of the book uses it to describe falling short of perfection and contrasts it with “Christlike. Albans, Stevenage, Tring, Waltham Cross, Ware, Watford, Welham Green, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn, Wheathampstead, Whitwell, Wormley.

if a friend came up to you, voicing a bunch of how hard their life as a mother is, what is your real response? Other titles include The Lucky Star and Let Them Play (a 2006 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People). These tales reflect Neil Gaiman’s innovative storytelling and his ability to play with material that is already familiar – as in his new take on the story of Humpty-Dumpty in which a hard boiled detective gets on the case. The lithograph has a characteristic patina which is natural for vintage paper but every original book plate is in excellent condition.I just really doubt that the response to your stressed, complaining friend in real life would be, well you know what? The term ‘mug shot’ to describe a portrait of a criminal seems to have first been used in the United States in the early 20th century. I have had a hard time finding a Christian mom book that didn’t sound overall like a place to just complain and be miserable together. It’s tipsy-turvy, sweet and sour, and the beast of anxiety lurks outside classrooms ready to pounce.

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition that sailed around the Earth. I really enjoyed this as Abbie Halberstadt gives biblical wisdom on a variety of motherhood topics and how to embrace Christlike Motherhood. We've read M is for Mindfulness a few times since she got it for Christmas and I think this will be a new contender for favorite. Chris has illustrated several books for Sleeping Bear Press including M is for Mom: A Child's Alphabet; The Lucky Star, Rudy Rides the Rails, Pappy’s Handkerchief, a 2007 Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year.I would love for her to explain how she can insinuate that she knows what’s best for all women, how if they are struggling they aren’t following God closely enough, and how even if they’ve prayerfully discerned that working outside of the home is the right choice for their family, they’ve discerned wrong?

I appreciated her desire to share her goal of Biblical based mothering and wanting more from this generation of Christian “mamas.And finally- as a self described “lazy mom”- there’s nothing wrong with being mediocre unless your pride tells you there is. And even if she said “follow me as I follow Christ” referencing Paul… I certainly felt like she gave every opportunity she could to just say - actually just follow me and my ways.

The Prevention of Crimes Act, which came into effect in November the following year made compulsory the photographing of every prisoner in England and Wales.When I evaluate the things that have been foundational to me in doing motherhood well, I find most of them are missing from this book. For a time, between 1846 and 1950 he was employed by WHF Talbot to sort out and organise the Reading Establishment accounts. I will read my Bible, work harder, and be a more excellent mama, [no mediocrity for me thank you]” but I know, from past experience, this doesn’t sustain me for the marathon that is parenting in a connected, healthy, whole-hearted way. This may be due somewhat to personal circumstances or my own unacknowledged sin- I think that’s what the author would say- but I came away from this book even more depressed than when I started.