Calm in My Chaos : Encouragement for a Mom's Weary Soul

by Corcoran, Elisabeth K.

• ISBN13: 9780825423888
• ISBN10: 0825423880
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns

Summary

At times, a mother's life can be anything but inspiring--2 a.m. feedings, loneliness, no vacation days, sibling rivalries. Even the best intentions of raising God-fearing, obedient, happy kids can fall flat in the midst of chaos. Calm in My Chaos takes an honest look at a mother's world and offer practical advice on common experiences including being content in every circumstance, modeling God-like characteristics, overcoming cabin fever, and being the "real" you.

Author Biography

Elisabeth K. Corcoran keeps busy as mom to Sara and Jack, and wife to Kevin. She holds a degree from Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, and has been published in The Joyful Woman magazine

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(2)
Home, Sweet Home	13	(2)
The Days Before Sara's Birth: Letters to God	15	(5)
The Human Body	20	(4)
Shades of the Flood	24	(4)
Oh, How I Remember	28	(2)
The Parable of Your Talents	30	(3)
Mission Incredible	33	(3)
The Whole Point	36	(4)
Song of a Mother, Wife, and Woman	40	(3)
I Want More! (Kids)	43	(3)
The Heart of a Mother	46	(3)
Where Did She Go?	49	(2)
Second Mother's Day	51	(3)
Sara Discovers	54	(2)
Lessons from the Yard	56	(4)
For Sara, on the Arrival of Jack	60	(3)
Freeze Time	63	(3)
Order My Days	66	(2)
The Joy List	68	(2)
Middle-of-the-Night Melody	70	(3)
Dear Jesus...	73	(3)
Sole Provider	76	(2)
Daddy's Girl	78	(2)
Whom Do They See?	80	(2)
Looming Monotony and Oatmeal...Again	82	(3)
Do You Work?	85	(2)
Brotherly and Sisterly Love	87	(4)
Tea Set or Chemistry Set?	91	(3)
Am I Done?	94	(3)
Friends...Who Needs 'Em?	97	(3)
A Look Inside My Journal	100	(4)
Juggling Act	104	(4)
Behind the Mask	108	(4)
View from the Mountaintop	112	(4)
An Hour with Jesus	116	(4)
Where Is Your Heart?	120	(3)
The Morning from...Not Heaven	123	(2)
True Identity	125	(4)
Dream a Little Dream for Me	129	(4)
Woman, Be Free	133	(2)
Jack's Heart	135	(3)
Sara Stories	138	(4)
The End Was Inevitable	142	(3)
Build Your Life	145	(3)
Waves of Love	148	(3)
In Closing	151	(2)
Resources	153	(2)
Notes	155