by MomJonz | Dec 16, 2017 | Empowering Women, Empowering Youth, Family, Life, Self-Esteem
Meeting new people every couple of years is part of my life as a military spouse, and I do love it. I meet some great people, some interesting people and some that leave me scratching my head. So since I’m tackling the race conversation...
by MomJonz | Dec 12, 2017 | Education, Empowering Youth
Winter break is here, and kids are home watching T.V., relaxing and having fun with family and friends. Â I’m not going to take this fun and relaxing time away from them, but Winter Break Is A Great Time To Practice Those Writing Skills for the...
by MomJonz | Nov 28, 2017 | Empowering Women, Empowering Youth, Life
The Overly Opinionated Teen walked through the door about two weeks ago telling me about her day as usual. Her routine is to say,” Hi mommy.” Afterwards, it can about four different ways….her just saying hello and continuing...
by MomJonz | Nov 10, 2017 | Empowering Women, Empowering Youth, Life
From my last post talking about seeing color, I had some questions about starting the dialogue with children about race.  I refuse to sit here and say it didn’t infuriate me to have people say that they don’t know how to start that conversation with...
by MomJonz | Nov 6, 2017 | Empowering Women, Empowering Youth, Family
When my girls were younger, I always looked for bright and cheery books for them to enjoy. As a Christian family, we also wanted to find storybooks to teach them about God’s Great Love. We wanted the same colorful and bright...
by MomJonz | Oct 31, 2017 | Empowering Women, Empowering Youth, Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is how we feel about our self, but we can help other’s boost their self-esteem as well.  This post will talk about ways we can encourage our children to help a friend, classmate or teammate improve their self-esteem. Yes,...