by Melissa Cheatham | Apr 9, 2019 | All The Things, The Blog, This Is Life
The drawer of my refrigerator finally wouldn’t open. It was officially stuck. As nasty as this sounds, an opened can of orange juice concentrate had spilled four months ago, and I kept meaning to clean off the sticky muck and yet I just didn’t get around to it. So...
by Melissa Cheatham | Apr 2, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog
There are so many things that I love doing with my kids, but I have to be honest…. sometimes playing pretend makes me want to poke my eyeballs out. I know… this sometimes makes me feel like a total loser mom, but even when I was little, pretending that Barbie...
by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 26, 2019 | Faith Matters, Praying, The Blog
A few years ago my husband and I started something new with our kids. We picked specific words that we thought each child needed to hear (different words for each kid) and decided to be very intentional about repeating these words over and over to each kiddo. We...
by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 20, 2019 | All The Things, Children, The Blog
Today is the first day of March Madness! For us, this might as well be a calendar established holiday, because we have created traditions behind it that make it unique and my family looks forward to it every year. March Madness for those of you who are not...
by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 18, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog
Recently, I tried to burn the house down. Seriously. I was multitasking watering plants, teaching my kiddos math and making Easy-Mac in the microwave. To be completely transparent, it was the Cracker Barrel brand of Easy Mac. So it was slightly more gourmet with a...