Let’s look at Psalm 139:16, “Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Thy book they were all written, days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.” Basically, before you were born God marked out your days and may I add also your children’s days. God has a plan for you and He has one for your children as well.

What does all of this have to do with guilt free parenting? I’m glad you asked. God is truly in control of your life and your children’s lives as well. We cannot always see His hand or plan, but He is there. That means on our worst parenting days God is still working His plan in our lives and in our children’s lives in spite of us. There have been so many times in Bible where at first glance God’s plan did not make sense and then on later inspection it made perfect sense. So, when we are not doing a good job of being parents, God is still working in our lives and our children’s lives.

Using a checklist of tasks, can help keep you organized and make sure you don’t leave out an important moving task. I suggest that you start list well in advance – a month or more before move. Just jot a few things down and then leave list on kitchen counter or fridge where everyone can see it. As you think of new things to add, write them down right away or it might be too late when you think of them again!

As time for move grows closer, you may want to transfer list to a calendar format. Some of items like notifying phone company, will be things you can do in advance so you can assign those a date and then each day check calendar to see what tasks need to be done. Cross off those that you have accomplished and you can easily see what is left to do. This method also works well if you are delegating some of items on list – you can add name of person responsible next to task and this will avoid any last minute “but I though you were going to do that….” problems.