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Susan Merrill

Encouragement

An Etsy Mom-ent

It’s midnight and my house is silent, so where else is a mom to go to find some action?  Etsy.  That’s where all the Proverbs 31 women hang out after midnight.  Those girls are up all night! She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.  (31:18) In fact, I am in a conversation with one right now and have been on and off all day.  It’s a great way to make friends…

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Encouragement

Have The Best School Year Ever

Have you ever heard this?  “But mom, all my friends moms let them do it.”  If I only had a dollar for every time I heard it I would be on my way to Riviera right now.  There is a way to positively discuss the ins and outs of controversial kids issues with your child, their friends and their friend’s mom–at school.  It is called iMOM Morning and you will love it.  The program uses video created by the High…

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Encouragement

Clutter Catastrophe

122 BOXES of ???????? I really have no idea. It has been has been 441 days since I saw this stuff. The catastrophe part of my clutter catastrophe happened over a year ago when a black storm flew in off the Tampa Bay and turned my world box-brown.  When I arrived on the scene of my flooded house, an emergency team, like an army of ants, had formed a line in and out of the front door.  I stopped in…

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Parenting

Tracking with Tracey

  My friend Tracey is quite the mom.  In fact, she is a major inspiration for me because, well, we track.  Do you know someone that just tracks with you.  It doesn’t matter how long you go without seeing them because when you do you fall in immediately, as if you never had parted. That’s Tracey. We kind of live in similar worlds, far apart.  Her husband is CEO of Family Life, my husband is President of Family First.  She…

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Encouragement

My Baby is a Big Girl Now! Sniff, Tears, Joy :)

Five years ago today we launched iMOM.  What a journey, what a joy!  I am deeply awed by the way God has brought so many women–5,000,000 this year to our site.  It has been my deepest desire to find favor with Him and with moms.  I am humbled by His provision of every single mom. He is good…so good.…

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Encouragement

I Love MOPS Moms!

  I love MOPS.  I can’t help it, what is not to love?  After 3 days of talking to thousands of mothers of pre-schoolers at the 2012 MOPS International Convention, one would think I would be worn out.  I am the opposite of worn out, I am wound up!  It is my desire and passion, as the director of iMOM, to inspire and encourage moms.  MOPS moms fire me up to do my job with renewed fervor because:    …

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