Do you remember how you felt when you found out you were pregnant? Nervous? Yep. Scared? Probably at least a bit – especially if your pregnancy was a surprise. But excited? Absolutely! Then, after the initial excitement wore off, did it start to feel like your baby would never arrive?

If you’re like many moms, you fill the long months between learning you’re pregnant and your baby’s arrival with anticipation. You can’t wait to meet your little one, and you often imagine all the sweet, peaceful, and meaningful moments you’ll share!

But then your baby arrives, and you discover that among the coos, cuddles, and sweet little cries lie sleepless nights, unexplained fussiness, and more laundry than you could have imagined possible for someone weighing less than 10 pounds. And then a new kind of waiting can creep up. You “can’t wait” until he sleeps through the night. You can’t wait until her first tooth comes in, she doesn’t need a bottle, and she can eat solid food. You can’t wait until he can sit, crawl, then walk. And you really can’t wait until she talks and potty trains! But we can appreciate - and find joy - in parenting in the mess (and end up with some great stories to tell!).

Who Am I? Remembering Your True Identity as You Adjust to a New Role as Mom

How do you introduce yourself? Daughter? Sister? Friend? Athlete? Musician? Student? Co-Worker? Girlfriend? Wife? There’s nothing wrong with any of these labels, and most of us are comfortable using many of these identifiers at the same time. But when we add “Mom” to that list, the waters get muddied. We’re excited to become moms… until we try to figure out what it means for us as individuals.

Working mom. Stay-at-home mom. Single mom. These labels somehow seem more intense. If I’m a working mom, how do I make time for my kids? If I’m a stay-at-home mom, will I miss being in an office and spending time with co-workers? If I’m a single mom, how do I figure out how to pull it all together? Especially when children are young, many moms wonder when they’ll have time to shower much less keep up with their “previous” lives. But as women, we often want to be all things to all people all the time. We stress ourselves out trying to have and do it all.

Mom Tips, Spiritual GrowthCindy CurryJune 22, 2022mom, identity, working mom, stay at home mom, newborn, child of God, daughter of GodComment

The Value of Friendship in Motherhood

Why do we need friendship? Or better yet, why do we want friendship with others?

You’ll probably never meet someone who would say that has no desire for friends. Everyone wants to feel close to someone. Everyone wants to feel that she can rely on someone and enjoy life with them her.

As busy moms, it’s often difficult to think about investing a lot of time into friendships

because so much of our lives is wrapped up in our motherhood duties. While we need to take care of things at home, we were never meant to leave friendship in the dust. Many times, friendship grows sweeter as we become mothers because we learn to appreciate the intentionality of spending time with a good friend so much more.

Mom Tips, Spiritual GrowthTiffany BrownMay 9, 2022Friendship, Encouragement, Accountability, Mom FriendsComment

7 Intentional Prayers to Pray Over Your Kids

One of the most difficult things about motherhood is the worry that we carry for our kids. As moms, we worry about everything from how to choose the right diapers to whom our kids will marry one day.

Mothers can have many sleepless nights solely because they are worried about raising their children well.

Growing in Marriage as a Christian Mother

We’ve heard it said that after kids, marriage is never the same. This is entirely true; however, this does not mean that marriage becomes bleak once kids are in the picture.

Over time many couples, they begin to feel more like roommates than husband and wife, especially when their lives revolve around the kids.

As a mother, you devote an incredible amount of time to your kids, and rightly so because they need you. They rely on you as their caregiver. But too often women get so wrapped up in being moms that they forget they are wives as well.

Connecting with your husband and growing in your marriage is are not meant to stop after a baby comes; in fact, your relationship can deepen. But it takes some work. If you’re struggling to connect with your husband, we have some suggestions for how to refine and rejuvenate your marriage!

Mom Tips, Spiritual GrowthTiffany BrownApril 12, 2022marriage, pray for your husband, praying wife, healthy marriageComment

Teaching Your Child to Connect with God: Praying, Reading, and Cultivating a Relationship with the Heavenly Father

As a Christian mom, one of your most daunting responsibilities can be helping your young child understand who God is. Helping a child cultivate a relationship with someone he can't see might feel impossible at first. After all, many adults find this concept challenging. How do we begin to teach our kids about God when they are still young? How do we help them start to understand even as babies?

It is possible. One way your child will begin to learn is by watching you. Kids are observant—she'll pay attention to you; she'll listen and watch, but, most importantly, she will copy. What is mama doing? That's what she will do.

Mom Tips, Spiritual GrowthTiffany BrownMarch 15, 2022Comment

How to Connect with God as a Busy Mom

When you’re a mother, it seems that your work is never truly done. There’s always something that needs tending to: completing tasks around the house, taking care of your family, or just finding time to take a shower.

Mom Tips, Spiritual Growth, Volunteer ResourcesTiffany BrownMarch 1, 2022busy mom, connect with God, bible study, prayingComment

The Imperfection of Motherhood: Moving Past Guilt and Thoughts that You’re Not Enough

Ask any woman, and she’ll probably tell you, “Yes, it’s hard to be a woman.” Let’s face it: life is complex, and there are definite pressures that both men and women encounter. But, for women, it seems we all have one common struggle, the pressure of being perfect.

Mom Tips, Spiritual Growth, Volunteer ResourcesTiffany BrownFebruary 15, 2022newborns, motherhood, mom guilt, moms of babies, perfect momComment

Welcome to One by One Ministries

To every new mother and mentor, we want to say: welcome! Whether you are a new mom, or a woman looking to mentor mothers as they walk through the ups and downs of motherhood, we want to welcome you to One by One Ministries!

Our desire is that this would be a place of hope, restoration, and home, where women find helpful advice and a faith-based community.

Mom Tips, Spiritual Growth, OBO Stories, Volunteer ResourcesTiffany BrownFebruary 1, 2022motherhood, communityComment

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