by Christen Spratt | Mar 22, 2017 | CM Mom Bloggers, The World’s Okayest Mom
Ping. Beep. Ring. Notifications seem to bombard us all day long. It’s not something that has happened to us, but something we’ve done to ourselves. We designed it this way, but the design has created distraction. The computer, laptop, iPad, Smart Phone,...
by Christen Spratt | Feb 9, 2017 | CM Mom Bloggers, The World’s Okayest Mom
For a season in my life I was over committed… to everything. That season looked like this: We were in ALL the activities for ALL the good causes; I was on the steering team for my MOPS group, working in the classroom, serving on the church set up team, running...
by Christen Spratt | Jun 26, 2016 | CM Mom Bloggers, The World’s Okayest Mom
There in that sterile hospital room, amidst quick flashes of lightning from a nearby window, I lay snuggling my sweet baby girl. My daughter, MaryGrace, has epilepsy; so, she was undergoing a sleep study to be sure she was not having seizures in her sleep, which could...
by Christen Spratt | May 10, 2016 | CM Mom Bloggers, Features Made For Moms, The World’s Okayest Mom
This past week our community came together as a grieving mother endured a parent’s worst nightmare… her 4th grader passed away while at school. This week, as I wept for a mother I’ve never met, I couldn’t help but think about my own life and children. Tragedies have...
by Christen Spratt | Feb 25, 2016 | CM Mom Bloggers, The World’s Okayest Mom
Why do we stress so much about making the classroom Valentines cute? Or, bringing the perfect dish to the potluck? Or, wearing the right outfit to the home party (where you’re going to be obligated to purchase stuff you don’t even want from people you may not even...
by Christen Spratt | Jan 11, 2016 | CM Mom Bloggers, The World’s Okayest Mom
I sometimes look at other moms whose children are in school all day and think how lovely it will be when I get to run errands ALONE. Or when I am at Target, dragging 3 littles from their car seats, I think of how grand it will be when they can get themselves in and...
