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Life Lessons Mom Taught Me

April 2, 2013 by Inspired by Family Mag

Contributing Writer: Leslie Foster at Pondering of an Ohio Farm Girl Today would have been my mom’s 61st birthday.  Though she’s in heaven, so many of the lessons she taught me remain part of who I am.  Recently I was thinking of one really important lesson that I learned from my mom: You are capable. This concept of capability wasn’t directed specifically at me, because of any special skills that I had.  And I’m pretty sure Mom never just came out and said, “Leslie, you can do stuff.”  But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: daily living encouragement, family, parenting Tagged With: Family, Life lessons from mom, mothers day, ode to mom, tag1, teaching your kids they are capable, what mom taught me

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I am the heart behind Inspired by Family Coaching & Counseling Ministry. I am a Jesus loving woman who is a biblical counselor, life coach, author, Bible teacher, and speaker. I help women anchor their hearts by integrating biblical insights and trauma informed wisdom into my counseling and coaching, so they can walk in hope, truth, and connection. My focus is: God-given identity work, Transitional grief, missionary care, broken trust/betrayal, motherhood overwhelm and anxious heart.

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