Who Got Peanut Butter on My Daily Planner?: Organizing and Loving Your Days as a Mom Who Got Peanut Butter On My Daily Planner – Misty Martin –
I have to say that this has been the best book I have read for stay at home moms. I am the stay at home mom of 5 children and found her book encouraging not just as a parent, but also as a wife. She really balanced this book between children, husbands, friends, and spiritual growth.
The life of a stay-at-home mother, filled with laundry, dishes, finicky taste buds and too little adult interaction, can be an overwhelming one. It can also be a joyous time of laughter, pretend, sticky kisses and stolen moments. The trick is in choosing the joy over the mundane.
Cindy Sigler Dagnan pretty much summed it up when she said, “All of us want to be there for our children–we just don’t want to lose ourselves in the process.” With sections covering the supermom syndrome, time management, financial management, personal growth, spiritual growth, and marriage, she provides realistic goals and solutions to make the most of our years at home. She even finishes out her book with recipes that are kid-friendly, yet adult palatable.
It has been a long time since I’ve picked up a book on “the life of a mom” that has been so helpful and encouraging. There were chapters that made me want to pat myself on the back–Look! Something I have achieved!–and chapters that made me want to be a better person.
My biggest complaint is that I would be in the middle of a chapter and would feel inspired to put the book down to go forth and do. She gave me the inspiration to “Relax in the rhythm that causes [me] to dance, not trudge, through life.”
Armchair Interviews says: A wonderful, encouraging book for mothers!
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Seven years ago Cindy Dagnan and her husband made the decision for her to leave a teaching position and stay home with their girls. To this day, she is thankful for the sacrifice they made and is filled with advice and encouragement to help other moms
- handle the identity transition from career mother to at–home mom
- streamline meals and at–home projects and enjoy the saved time
- connect with others to create a vital network of friends
This gathering of inspiration and practical steps will lead at–home moms—and those considering the decision—to transcend the daily grind and draw closer to the One who shaped the concept of home in their hearts.
Who Got Peanut Butter on My Daily Planner?: Organizing and Loving Your Days as a Mom
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- My Heart’s at Home: Becoming the Intentional Mom Your Family Needs (Hearts at Home Books)
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- The Chocolate Side of Life
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