| The MOAT Blog by Kay Wyma

The Sacrifices of a Mother

by Kay | Jul 29, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting, Uncategorized

Motherhood. It’s full of love. Full of laughter. Full of smiles… and some frowns and a few whines here and there… okay, everywhere. The road is paved with tears of joy and tears of sadness. Motherhood is also full of sacrifice. Who knew? Maybe we relished in and had...

Shopping Perspective

by Kay | Jul 22, 2013 | Purposeful Parenting

Sometimes I forget my kids have grown. And when they grow, they need new clothes. Granted a few of mine want clothes much of the time. But need is different. And we’ve hit the need zone for my girls. So on Saturday, we ventured to the mall. Until we drove up to...

Expectations … How low (or high) should you go?

by Kay | Jul 15, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

Today is our last swim meet. And I’m a tiny bit sad. Here’s how swim team and most extracurricular activities go around our house – especially for any kid other than our first. Since our brood entered the world back to back to back (four of them are...

Table Talk: Alex Kendrick Dares us to Love Our Kids

by Kay | Jul 11, 2013 | Purposeful Parenting

A new book just landed on store shelves. The Love Dare for Parents by the Kendrick brothers (Facing the Giants, Courageous, Fireproof, …) offers some compelling ideas on loving our kids. I briefly met Alex on the set of a new and crazy great movie called Moms...

Table Talk – A Cure for Summer Brain Drain by Alexandra Mayzler

by Kay | Jun 27, 2013 | Purposeful Parenting, Uncategorized

Today’s Table talk is by Alexandra Mayzler. I don’t know Alexandra personally, but she reached out to me to ask if she could share some thoughts on an issue near and dear to her heart – kids and learning. And I thought what she had to say was a lot...

Table Talk: Do You Know You’re Beautiful? by Erin Schreyer

by Kay | Jun 20, 2013 | ... on life, ...on faith, Purposeful Parenting

Today’s Table talk is by our friend Erin Schreyer. When I saw the following FB post on Erin’s page, I hounded her to write a moatblog entry on the subject. “When we mothers focus our attention and resources on trying to look younger, skinnier or...