Have you heard of the Power of Moms site yet? It was started by April Perry and Saren Eyre Loosli as a gathering place where mothers could find support, motivation, and inspiration. A place where mothers could uplift each other regardless of religion, education, income, or family-size.
What’s so special about Power of Moms that is different from other “mother” sites out there?
Our purpose is to inspire and empower you to become the mom and person you are meant to be while giving you the opportunity to help other mothers grow into the mothers they are meant to be. . .
We believe that motherhood is a valuable and valiant pursuit and that mothers need and deserve more support, appreciation and opportunities to learn from each other. We believe that mothers are precious and indispensable—we bring children into the world and strengthen societies by loving and nurturing our little ones. We are heroes to our children as we create homes of safety, warmth, and love—while throwing in some tickle fights and blanket-tent-construction. . .
In the midst of all of the sacrifices that we make to care for our families, we sometimes forget that mothers are people, too. We believe that even in the midst of mounds of laundry and children’s interruptions, moms can and should find time and resources to nurture themselves. Read more here.
Power of Moms has ideas for nurturing yourself and strengthening your family. Daily articles written by a variety of moms are posted to inspire and help you.
One of the programs that they offer called Mind Organization for Moms (M.O.M) was developed by April and is based on best-selling book Getting Things Done®, by David Allen. She put together a simple but powerful 5-step process to help busy moms get their minds (and life) organized. I’m still in step 1 of the process because I didn’t realize how much I had running through my mind of projects and to-dos that need to get done. April calls it Mind Sweeping. Can I just say there are some awfully dusty corners of my mind that haven’t been swept in a very long time!
Power of Moms wants to offer you the M.O.M program for free! Yup, another giveaway. I didn’t mean to do two giveaways in a row. Honest. It’s just how things turned out. Leave one comment on your favorite part of motherhood to be entered for your chance to win. Giveaway ends June 14, Monday night, 8 pm PST. Short, I know, but I want to give this great program away!
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First to enter! Firsties usually never get picked…but I can imagine this program would be great for me…just posted my To Do list for this week on my blog to try and keep myself focused on what needs to get done!
Favorite part of motherhood? Snuggling with my children while they open up about all the things they think about in their little minds…whether it be my 12 year olds thoughts about his future, my 11 year olds creative ideas or my 5 year olds rambling stories…
I neeeeeeeed it! I’ve been failing miserably at trying to get organized. I get only get so far into my ideas stages of how to better organize when life throws another banana peel across my path and I decide, “I’m not totally disorganized. The laundry is mostly done, the house is mostly in order; I’ll out the being better organized desire on the shelf for awhile.” Time to stop putting it on the shelf!
So: my favorite part of motherhood is…hard to pick since I love it so much. Tonight I’ll go with the light in my boys’ eyes that only I get to see when they look to me for reassurance and praise at new accomplishments. It melts my heart every time:)
P.S. I love your blog.
P.P.S. No seriously, I love your blog.
Today my favorite part of motherhood is…. the hilarious things 3 yr olds say. My little one was asking was asking me if I was adult, but it came out ‘Mom are you a…dork? and the answer was yes, to both. Also love the open mouth slobbery kisses from my 9 month old. Hmmm hard to pick.
Love, love, love your blog!
I would love this program! No, I need this program! My favorite part of motherhood is seeing the subtle ways my little one is changing and maturing. It’s like right before my eyes!
My favorite part is watching them grow and discover things for themselves.
I stumbled across the Power of Moms blog a few days ago and thought it looked fantastic. I would love to give this program a try! A favorite part of motherhood for me is the laughter and the noise that constantly fills our home. We are always in motion around here, and I love it!
My favorite part of Motherhood is the pride in their eyes when they learn how to do something on their own and of course…the SNUGGLING! 🙂 Awesome giveaway…I sure could use it!
My favorite part of being a mom is being there for all of their firsts. First smiles, first laughs, first baby kisses, first word, first step, first great big hug, first day of school, first ride on a bike,…
I love being a part of all those special moments.
What a great question to ask and one I had to think about. Things are rough right now so unfortunately I’ve been thinking too much of the negative aspects of being a mother. I think my favorite thing about being a mother is seeing them genuinely laugh and giggle, where the happiness is everywhere on their face.
Oh how I need this program! My favorite part of motherhood is all the snuggles.
I heard about this program not too long ago and I think it looks great–thanks for hosting the giveaway!
My favorite part of motherhood is watching my kids try new things, and then watching the look of satisfaction when the realize they have done the thing they thought they could not do.
My favorite part of being a mom, is when my kids are playing happily together. I love to see their imaginations at work and when they cooperate together just makes my heart swell. I want to raise good kids who are each others best friends!
Hmmm. You intrigued me with your “dusty mind” comment. 🙂
Favorite part of motherhood: Watching and working with all the different personalities. Getting to watch new personalities unfold and watching how they affect life. Makes life most interesting!
I love seeing my kids discover new things: like their hands or pillbugs. I can’t imagine missing all of those little moments.
My favorite part is watching my two children become friends. I love when they hold hands walking through the parking lot. I love when they play together and when they try to help each other.
My favorite part of motherhood is when my 1 1/2 year old walks in and says, “Hi mommy” and grins from ear to ear or my almost 4 year old isn’t too big to cuddle or at least give me a big wake up hug.
my favorite part of motherhood is teaching my children the values that my mother taught to me. also learning from my children everyday.
My favorite part of being a mother is having lots of best friends when my kids get grown up 🙂
I Love kisses from my babies and watching my big kids become adults. It is so interesting to see who they are.
I love watching my kids play together- I love seeing the make-believe and the creativity that little minds have to offer.
My favorite part begins with the feeling that I am failing miserably at motherhood (no, hear me out). It begins with a day where nothing seems to be going right. The kids are fighting, bickering, argueing and ignoring my attempts to divert their attention into positive and constructive outlets. And the day will continue this way. Maybe I don’t get to hop into the shower until noon and dinner becomes takeout because I ran out of time to prepare a proper meal. Plus, there has not been a single minute in the day for me to unwind, sew, create, escape. So by 5pm I am frazzled and completely worn down; however, just when I think I can’t take anymore one of the little ones will come up to me and do something completely loving and giving and my world melts. Everything in that tiny offering makes it all worth while and the hectic day is erased. That’s my favorite part.
My favorite parts of being a mom is listening to my children laugh. Whether it is when they are playing together or when we’re having fun as a family, I love to hear their laughter! My other favorite is when my kids want to snuggle with me. 😀
Okay, so I have been sitting here for about 20 minutes trying to think of ONE thing as my favorite part of motherhood. I JUST CAN’T DO IT! So I will give you my top three. 🙂 I love holding my 8 month old when he is sleeping on my shoulder and feeling the weight of is body and his chest raising and falling against mine. I love pretending (anything) with my kiddos, and I love the sleepy look on their faces when they come out of their rooms in the morning.
I actually found your blog through the Power of Moms site and recently noticed the M.O.M. program. I am very interested in learning more about it.
I love your blog – thank you so much for sharing it with us. You are a very talented woman and I look up to you even though I don’t even know you. Thank you for your example and inspiration!!!!
It’s hard to choose just one thing. I guess my favorite part of motherhood is just that I get to be a mother. I have a really hard time getting pregnant. I look at them and remember the years where I wasn’t sure if I would get to be a mom. I would have loved more children, but I feel so fortunate to have my two.
The question seems so simple, but is a powerful one to think about. I would have to agree with all the previous posts. There are just so many breath-taking joys in mothering. But another I would have to add would be listening to my kids pray. I love witnessing their relationship with their Heavenly Father in all its beautiful stages of faith.
I love to listen to them playing with each other or with their friends. It’s so fun to see how their minds work.
My favorite part of motherhood: reading a book to my kids and seeing the love and passion for reading awaken in their little minds and eyes as they beg me to read more or read it again!
My favorite part of mother hood is when I can see their personalities shine through. I asked my 2 year old if he would rather play or sleep.
“I want to pleep” he responded. he’s one clever kid. 🙂
My favoeite part of motherhood is seeing my children learn from an experience, good or bad, and seeing the growth and strength that come from that.
My fav part about being a mom are the unexpected “hey Mom! Love you”s that I get during day from my 4 & 2 year olds and the sweet look on the baby’s face as he naps. Who knew you could love such little bodies sooo much!!
My favorite part of motherhood is when I see the light in my kids eyes that they really understand something I am talking to them about!!
My favorite part of motherhood, is when it is night time and all the boys are safe and sound in their beds. I walk around and look at them and just smile, thinking, we survived another day!
Favorite part of motherhood? The patience and endurance my children teach me.
My favorite part of motherhood is seeing the ‘lights’ go on as they figure things out, and especially when they start to see the funny side of life!
I love listening to my childrens prayers.—especially when they pray things like, “Peese bless that KC won’t bite mom’s boobs anymore.” —so fun!
It’s hard to choose a favorite, but one thing I love, love, love, is listening to my children laugh.
My favorite part of motherhood is when my children slip their hands into mine. I love holding hands with a sweet innocent child.
My favorite part of Motherhood is simply seeing how they turn out. I have raised 8 children of our 11 and suprisingly, they seem to be turning out ok. It is amazing to me that they seem to make it through childhood with just a few scrapes and bruises. I love my relationship with my adult children. That makes it all worth it in the end.
I love those really quiet moments when I can hear myself think, and I look at both my kids and they are at least temporarily happy. As my sister said, they do eventually get older and I’ll wish them back.
My favorite part is watching them interact. They respond to situations differently and it is so fascinating to me to see them figure things out together. And it absolutely melts my heart when they are so sweet to each other.
I love when our daughter comes over and gives me a hug and a (sloppy) kiss and says ‘I love you’. She’s such a sweetie!
ohh, I love being a Mom, nursing babies is my favorite, but so fleeting, so I guess witnessing my children “get” something they have been working on.