![]() ![]() Let it sit for about 5 minutes ( not long enough for it to dry), and then rinse it away with very hot water. Dilute one cup (240 mL) of vinegar in a quart (1 L) of water and spray it on the scummy surfaces. The first is to dissolve it with vinegar. I have two preferred ways of getting rid of soap scum. If you have soft water, you won’t have as much.īe that as it may, let’s get rid of it. This is why, if you have hard water ( i.e. Instead, it is a salt produced from a reaction between the soap and minerals in the water. Soap scum is a bit of a misnomer because there is not actually soap left on the sink or tub that just didn’t get rinsed away. ![]() ( As a sidenote, if you don’t have scum in your sinks or tubs, you might want to check and see if your body cleaning products are actually detergents.)įirst off, what it is. The drawback to using real soap in the bathroom is that you have to face the reality of scum. I learned so much through this experience that I felt called to become certified as a life coach so I could teach other women what I have learned about thriving in motherhood and marriage.Let’s not pretend here. Now, we have built a marriage that neither one of us would want to leave. I did not want to waste one single day of my life being bitter.īy the grace of God, my husband and I worked things out. That no matter what happened to my marriage, I was going to be a better person because of the experience. If God wanted us together, he was going to have to make it happen.Īnd I also made a decision. I knew I had to put this problem in God’s hands. This was a HUGE shift in my spiritual journey. But now that my family was potentially being ripped apart, I saw exactly why it should be that way. I thought life was good … until I found myself in the middle of a full-blown marriage crisis.īefore this experience, I couldn’t understand in my heart how you put God first, family second. I was right there at the top of my game as a mother and professional, and I was working on my faith life, too. ![]() And that is where I met my life coach! She gave me tools and strategies to take my life from barely surviving to majorly thriving.Īs I was working with her, I felt so much more joy-filled and purpose driven than I had been probably in my whole life. ![]() My editor asked me to interview a couple of life coaches for the story. He sent me a writing assignment for a parenting magazine that would teach moms how to get everything done for their families, but still have time and energy for themselves. That morning sitting on the edge of the tub, God heard my pleas. And I was often frustrated with what I felt was an unbalanced workload in our home. Balancing motherhood with my career was even more challenging. I had everything I ever wanted … so how could I possibly be unhappy?īut being a mom was so much harder than I thought. I was keeping my career going with a freelance business. We lived in sunny Florida in a beautiful house. I whispered to God in the darkness, “I don’t think I can do this today.”īut, what did I have to be so miserable about? On the outside, everything looked perfect. I was married to my prince charming. Back when my children were five and two, I found myself at 5:00 one morning sitting on the side of my bathtub feeling exhausted, lonely and lost. ![]()
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