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Do You Love Your Adopted Child as Much as Your Biological One?

Do You Love Your Adopted Child as Much as Your Biological One?

By Marty Walden · 22 Comments

In this heart wrenching post, a bio and adoptive mom answers every parent’s question. Do you love your adopted child as much as your biological one? Recently on a Facebook post I received the following comment. I find it difficult to get past the distinctions in your children: my daughter, my grandson (those ones are really yours), my adopted daughter,… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, faith, family, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Mother's Day, Motherhood, parenting adult children, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder Tagged With: adoption, Family, Parenting

The North Carolina Mountain Vacation that Disappeared!

The North Carolina Mountain Vacation that Disappeared!

By Marty Walden · 4 Comments

How do ten months disappear into oblivion, never to be seen again? I remember as a child just cringing when my parents would say, time flies. When you’re eight years old and enduring summer vacation, time seems to crawl by at a snails pace! Now as an adult I pray for the privilege of being bored! Just one day of… Read More

Filed Under: family, parenting adult children, photography Tagged With: Family, mountains, vacation

What I Really Want for Mother’s Day This Year

What I Really Want for Mother’s Day This Year

By Marty Walden · 3 Comments

Maybe this Mother’s Day you’re feeling a little sentimental like me, or searching for a purpose in those sleepless nights and endless days of diapers and tantrums. Could it be that the teenage years are wearing thin and you’re wondering if anything you’re doing really matters?  Totally unprepared for motherhood 27 years ago, I dove in and have been swimming upstream… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, faith, family, Lifestyle, Mother's Day, Motherhood, parenting, parenting adult children Tagged With: adoption, Faith, Family, Mother's Day, motherhood, Parenting, Reactive Attachment Disorder

How to Lose Weight: Rachel’s Story

How to Lose Weight: Rachel’s Story

By Marty Walden · 15 Comments

What do you call someone who can’t stick with a diet? A desserter. You can’t lose weight by talking about it. You need to keep your mouth shut. And one last one for my (no longer a painter) husband. Why should you go to the paint store if you’re on a diet? You can get thinner there. Why all the… Read More

Filed Under: family, Healthy, Lifestyle, parenting adult children Tagged With: 21 day fix, Beachbody, Weight Loss

I Didn’t Choose to be a Pastors Wife

I Didn’t Choose to be a Pastors Wife

By Marty Walden · 5 Comments

As I was teaching my children to write during my many years as a homeschooling mom, I never dreamed that one day at least one of my kids would enjoy writing like her mom and would wield the pen as a mighty sword. Rachel is so much like me with the way her writing comes from a well of deep emotions…. Read More

Filed Under: faith, marriage, parenting adult children

Motherhood: Rewarding and Heartbreaking Journey

Motherhood: Rewarding and Heartbreaking Journey

By Marty Walden · 9 Comments

As I watched my oldest daughter’s journey to motherhood I was grateful to play an active part in her life and now in my precious grandson’s life. From the very beginning Rachel was full of questions and transparency. Did it take you long to get pregnant? Did you have morning sickness when you were pregnant with me? When did you get… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, faith, family, Lifestyle, Mother's Day, parenting adult children, Reactive Attachment Disorder

First Birthday Ideas and a Letter from Nana

First Birthday Ideas and a Letter from Nana

By Marty Walden · 17 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BIGDeal #CollectiveBias. There’s just something so incredibly unique about a child’s first birthday. Is there any one year in life where more change and growth is experienced? From a helpless newborn infant to a mostly walking, noise uttering, mess making ball of fun, a… Read More

Filed Under: family, parenting adult children, sponsored post Tagged With: Big Lots

Is Your Baby 6 to 12 Months? What You Need to Know!

Is Your Baby 6 to 12 Months? What You Need to Know!

By Marty Walden · 1 Comment

Ah, how things change in such a short time when you’re a new parent! It’s been so much fun being involved in the life of our first grandchild as these first few months have flown by. My daughter Rachel and her husband Donny are here to share some parenting tips on the second six months of Aiden’s first year. It’s been several… Read More

Filed Under: Lifestyle, parenting, parenting adult children

5 Things Every New Mom Should Know About Cloth Diapers

5 Things Every New Mom Should Know About Cloth Diapers

By Marty Walden · 13 Comments

I remember when I was pregnant with our now 22-year-old son Joshua. I was planning on quitting my job and staying home which would require cutting corners everywhere possible. To help our budget I took the plunge into the wild, unknown world of cloth diapers and got a real education. I loved it. Okay, I loved the fact I was… Read More

Filed Under: family, Motherhood, parenting, parenting adult children Tagged With: cloth diapers, diapers

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