The Facts of Life...

Well...this has been several weeks ago but we had a women's conference at our church with the main speaker being, Lisa Whelchel. I'm sure none of you know who that is off the top of your head...but maybe you do? Here...I'll help you out! She was BLAIR on the Facts of Life! I don't know about you...but I remember that show pretty well and loved it. We even have the first 2 seasons on DVD in our office that I hope to get to. (ha) She is a lovely woman, great speaker, an amazing mom! She is now a devoted Christian who speaks across the nation and writes books. This was perfect timing for me because 'most' of her focus is on being the best mom you can be. She's so cute and full of life...I regret I did not officially meet her nor get an autograph. I did order 'several' of her books on Amazon that will be seeing some of you soon as your Christmas present! :)

I encourage you to go to her website [http://www.lisawhelchel.com/index.htm] and explore the resources. I ordered the "Taking Care of the Me in Mommy" book and the "Mom-Ease" books and also 'the ADVENTture in Christmas' (a really neat book that shows you ways to help put Jesus back in Christmas as your children grow up and learn about Christmas). I believe her books are for any age mom for any stage of motherhood you may be in. I will later enjoy reading "Creative Correction" when Walker gets a little older. :) I have a goal to read them over the holidays when Walker is getting spoiled by his grandparents, aunts, and friends. There is a neat resource [Click on the Personal Mom Coach link on the homepage] on her website that has many categories to choose from and you can only do one at a time (she doesn't want you to bite off more than you can chew, nor get overwhelmed with another 'to do' to add to the list. But each category sends you an email for 21 days and then you can move onto another category. 21 days (as we learned at Kanakuk) is supposedly the magic # in developing habits. I ordered my books off of Amazon to be a little cheaper but if you buy a lot then not really b/c you'll have to pay shipping from each seller. :( Oh well! It'll be worth it I'm sure. Can you believe she has 3 kids now that are 15, 16, and 17...she definitely does not look or dress as such...she's too cute! I hope this can be a new resource for all of you moms out there just trying to be the best you can for your children and teaching them how to be a Godly young man/ woman one day.