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4 Questions To Help Your Kids Decide

by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 11, 2019 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Our kids have a lot coming at them each day, so what can we do to help them navigate their thoughts? We can give them the power to choose what they believe…but how? I heard Jennie Allen speak about her new book, which is coming out on January 28th, called Get Out Of...

Who Do You Want To Be?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 7, 2019 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

My friend’s daughter is in junior high. Even the words “junior high” make my jaw clench a little. There are so many ways that it can go down…not all bad, just a lot of different possible directions. Her daughter said this week, “I offered to help...

Great Questions To Ask Your Kids

by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 6, 2019 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

There is power in the questions that we ask our people because it determines what we get to know of them, but even more importantly, because it shapes how they see their days and the way they put the world together. I asked my daughter where she saw God at school...

It’s Your Turn

by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 4, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Toy sharing. It’s often the first social issue we encounter with our kids, and it seems to be both feared and over-processed by moms alike. When we attended the open house for my first born’s preschool, there was one toaster in the play kitchen, and it was...

How To Stop The Yelling

by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 23, 2019 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As we stepped over the sidewalk chalk drawings on the way into gymnastics, I noticed the pictures said the same thing over and over…”I want to go home.” You could see as we got closer to the door that an adult had inserted the word...

Questions To Ask Your Husband

by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 21, 2019 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Remember when you were dating, and you freely asked the man you would someday marry questions without either of you assuming there was any agenda? You were learning about each other and dreaming of building a life together. I believe that if we want to know these men...