Emily Scott, Author at Her View From Home

I Hope My Kids Are Proud of Me

Have you ever opened your mouth and heard your mother come out? I often hear this from adults as something negative. We sometimes worry we are…

“You’ll write about this pain one day from the other side.” These words were spoken to me by a dear friend during one of the lowest moments of…

When you leave your kids with someone for many hours a day, you want to make sure he or she is a kind and loving person. You want to make sure that…

This was supposed to be an amazing year. It began with an optimistic to-do list and lots of achievable goals. We were going to get so much…

Life moves on. As well it should. But for your friend dealing with the grief of a miscarriage, or failed marriage, or loss of a family member, life…

Our two oldest kids are like night and day. Sometimes I wonder how they can be related. Child #1 is easy-going. She rarely gets into trouble and…

As our oldest child’s birthday nears closer I find myself looking back at pictures from her birth. I see the young, new mom in the pictures who is…

About a year and a half ago, our washing machine flooded the laundry room. I was rushing out the door to get our kids to swimming lessons and walked…

Dear Santa, You can expect letters from our children any day now. They have known what they wanted to ask you for since July. So that makes my job a…

My name is Emily, and I am a people pleaser. Until I had a daughter who looked up to and mimicked me, I never saw the problem with this. But when I…