Mama Berry Blog

"Challenges" are constant in my news feed. You probably know the ones I mean. Different time frames, different aspects of life, different groups of people, but all encouraging improvement in some way. These challenges are great. I love goal setting and personal development. But honestly, if I participated in all of these challenges, I wouldn't have time to see straight. So when I saw a blog post entitled "The One Thing: 10 Week Challenge" I did not even click on it. Nope. Not interested. But it kept showing up. Over and over it appeared. It wasn't because multiple people were sharing it. It was just the same original post, showing up at different places and different days. Coincidence? I don't think it was. It took until maybe the 3rd or 4th (ok, maybe 5th) time that it showed up randomly in my newsfeed to read it. I'm so glad I did. Over on MultiplyGoodness.com, a 10 week challenge was issued (which was actually given to students at the...

I've been a sister almost all of my life, but I'm only just starting to realize the importance of that relationship. And you, my sisters, have been on my mind a lot lately. (And there's a lot of you, even not including the in-laws, friends, Relief Society, and roommates that become sisters too.) I sometimes feel a little bummed because I'm so far away from all of you. I am out of the loop when it comes to the day to day and week to week goings ons of your lives. I don't get to talk to you or get to know you as easily as I'd like. But I am grateful for Facebook and the fact that our mutual parents keep me up to date on the important things. I watch you on social media. I think about you, I pray for you. And there are things I wish I could tell you. But it would be completely awkward to just grab your face the next time I see it and say emphatically what it is I want to say (not to mention the time consuming-ness of that endeavor to each individual face), so I...