Natalie Stover
Bio
I’m a mother of 5, wife and teacher. I love creating conversations with words. I believe words are powerful things that can inspire action. If you can’t “do”, you can still create action with your words!
Stories (69/0)
Look to the Trees!
In parenting we must have principles in place that guide our journey. What is a principle? Simply put—it’s a valuable guide. It's an important marker that can guide us through this parenting forest. I know I need a guide...so sign me up. I see it like this, we are all on this parenting journey and sometimes we get lost...the trail starts to vanish in the thick of life— then all of a sudden we come to that tree marked with a ribbon or something (that’s our principle) guiding us through the forest so we don’t wander too far off track. Parenting principles are key because we WILL seemingly “get lost” or “be in unmarked” territory— but someone has been there ahead of us and they have left us “principles” that can see us through. Will they make our journey perfect? “NO”, but they are guaranteed to help us! So let’s take a look at some of these markers and see how they can help us parents through the thick of it.
By Natalie Stover3 years ago in Families
- Top Story - June 2021
Seize Life.Top Story - June 2021
I have to be honest. I’m no professional. I love photographs and have lots of friends that have pursued photography on a much more professional level. However, I do love experiencing life and a huge part of experiencing it is the art of capturing it. The Latin word captura from the root cap- means ‘seized or taken’, and that is exactly what a photograph does; it takes a moment in time and allows you to take that “time” with you. We’ve all heard the expression “Carpe Diem” translated “Seize the day” and this aphorism captures the very essence of photographers everywhere. Whether professional, mere amateurs or a hobbyist, we live to seize the day by taking captive every fraction of a second we can; taking time as a prisoner of our affairs. This is how I seize my days. This is how I have captured my best moments with WILDlife.
By Natalie Stover3 years ago in Photography
Parenting Pep Talks!
Hey Parents, it’s me. Who? Me—just another mom trying to find the balance of doing this thing called “parenting” to the best of my ability. Therein lies my first problem, because even my best ability is no good. So here’s your parenting pep talks to get you through TODAY.
By Natalie Stover3 years ago in Families
She is.
There’s different kinds of teachers in the world. The strict ones that focus on what you “can’t” or “shouldn’t” do. The “simple” ones that dumb things down so much, you feel like you’re stuck in preschool hearing them emphatically repeat phrases over and over as if the resound is understood differently. Then, you have the “taught” teachers, who try hard to explain what they’ve been taught, but can’t quite put it into words you can understand. I could go on about types of teachers I’ve experienced in my lifetime, but that’s not really the point. The point is—this one teacher—the “model” teacher; let’s focus on her for a moment. This teacher wears her content. She is a walking three dimensional figure of the subject area she intends to educate her pupils in. This teacher IS the model. She is—the thesis. She is—my mother, and it’s not so much what she teaches me, rather how she teaches it, that really illuminates the lessons I hold dear. She just lives and shapes me with the lessons she breathes. Here are the top 5 life lessons she breathes into me.
By Natalie Stover3 years ago in Families