Author: Minimarie D. Hardy

Minimarie Doe Hardy is a versatile professional, with a strong background in writing, faith based facilitating through ministry and community outreach, speaking, and in education as a teacher. "Mini" is true to her southern roots in its culture, hospitality, and cuisine. She places great importance on family and community, and takes pleasure in hosting, cooking, and volunteering for various causes. Minimarie earned a B.A. in Mass Communication and an M.Ed. in Elementary Education.
Mom Motivation And Empowerment, Spiritual Growth and Understanding

This Little Light Of Mine

Minimarie D. Hardy

I was very shy as a child. My mom would always encourage me to speak up without fear in expressing myself through the gifts she saw in me as a little girl. I will never forget my children's choir director at one church we attended paid me five dollars to say " Ooouuu" in a… Continue reading This Little Light Of Mine

Journeys In Motherhood, Mom Motivation And Empowerment

Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That! : Motherhood Approaching 40 or Older

Minimarie D. Hardy

I can't believe it! I'm only three years to forty. It's amazing how much life can flip in almost a decade in how our lives change drastically, our mindset matures, and what mattered so much in our early adulthood has became void in focusing on. I shared a moment with one of my closest friends… Continue reading Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That! : Motherhood Approaching 40 or Older

Mom Motivation And Empowerment

Six Traits Of Confident Moms

Minimarie D. Hardy

I have learned that being a confident mom has nothing to do with perfection or implying it in effort. Growing as a confident mom is an inside job that takes self initiative. The women that we deem to be confident moms shouldn't be women that we feel are superior, emulate to compare, or feel jealous of.  We can be inspired by these women rather than intimated in taking our place within the walls of our own homes in loving, caring, and raising our children to grow in confidence for ourselves.

Mom Motivation And Empowerment, Spiritual Growth and Understanding

Survivor’s Guilt: The Other Side Of Overcoming Adversity

Minimarie D. Hardy

There's nothing like hearing the triumph of a hero's story from battle. Those of us who grew up reading superhero comic books counted on the illustrations to tell the story of how our famed heroes defeated the mighty hands of their adversaries. If you're like my kids and I who often watch the mega superhero… Continue reading Survivor’s Guilt: The Other Side Of Overcoming Adversity

Mom Motivation And Empowerment

12 Things Moms Should Never Feel Guilty About

Minimarie D. Hardy

 It's important for us to recognize our role as mothers in authority, protection, care, and freedom to know that there are some things we should never feel guilty about. It's essential for us to humbly in assertiveness own our unique motherhood journey in releasing unwarranted guilt meant to cause shame, judgement, comparisons, and pressures of… Continue reading 12 Things Moms Should Never Feel Guilty About