Category Archives: Stephanie

In Waiting

By Stephanie I’ve been writing about my birth stories this week, in anticipation for my next baby to arrive. And up until several hours ago I would have said that I think I’ve still got some time- maybe a couple more weeks at least. But last night it started to feel like this baby has…

911 Is Not The Yarn Shop

By Stephanie I have been trying to get some really cool buttons ordered from a yarn shop I visited while vacationing in Colorado. Every now & then I give them a call and leave a message and it’s just been phone tag. I decide to call again and the person answers “Blippitybloppity911?” (that’s what it…

We’re All In This Together

By Stephanie I was recently interviewed by Janice & Susan of 5 Minutes For Mom and was asked about my vision for 5 Minutes For Parenting. One purpose that is so important to me regarding this blog is how I’d love for this to be a site that any Mom can come to and feel…

On The Birth Day

By Stephanie As I’m preparing for the arrival of our next baby, so much anticipation and emphasis is placed on the day she will arrive. We do not know when it will be, but it will be a day we will never forget. An amazing miracle takes place as this human being that has been…

The Healer’s Signature

By Stephanie It was about this time of year, a few years ago when I went to see a doctor for some allergy problems. On the way out of the doctor’s office it was raining quite hard outside. I decided to run really fast to my van, in super-flat plastic flip-flops… which became little water…

I Love You More Than My Sunglasses

By Stephanie Carter lost my sunglasses in Famous Footwear the other day. Doing some last minute shoe shopping (with no success), it was hot, I’m pregnant, and three boys shooting this way and that throughout a shoe store had me way over the edge. I will be honest- although I am also ashamed of it-…

Quite The Circle

While creating 5 Minutes For Parenting, I had the vision to showcase the best of the best writers we know and love. To have them as a part of our family here has given it all such a sense of completeness. To some of these amazing bloggers that will be featured every Sunday, I give…

If You Have 5 Minutes

I have many moments of bliss as I watch over my growing family of three boys and a baby girl due in just several more weeks. The contentment and peace, the amazing life lessons they continually teach me… And then there are the times I’m completely and utterly overwhelmed and secretly wonder What in the…