One Heartbeat At A Time

There's a reason why Steven Curtis Chapman is my "crush". :) It's songs like these that add to how amazing he is. He has a gift musically but also lyrically. I'm sure his wife would let us know that he isn't perfect as a hub or Dad BUT he seems to know that too and then he uses his flaws to write music and encourage others!
This is a great song for any day of the year but since America's Mother's Day is tomorrow I thought I would jump on that bandwagon and put it in as today's song. :) Can I get a witness - being a Mom isn't for the faint of heart. And Steven wisely highlights that in this song with lines like:
You run all day at the speed of life
You fall into bed when you run out of hours
You wonder if anything worth doing got done
Making history with every touch and every smile
You may not see it now, but I believe time will tell how you are changing the world one little heartbeat at a time

Being a Mom is almost indescribable. It is joy, sadness, challenge, bliss, growth, a lot of trial and error, and so much more. It is the hardest job I'll ever have and yet the most rewarding job I will ever have. I've said it before, I'm not a traditional mom - many of my friends can testify to this! - but I seem to be the EXACT mom my daughters need. My prayer has always been something like this, "God please don't let me screw them up - cover my mistakes!" :) One heartbeat at a time...

One Heartbeat At A Time (Steven's story about why he penned the song)
One Heartbeat At A Time

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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