How To Stop The Yelling

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 "don't" into some of the drawings,...

Questions To Ask Your Husband

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...

Becoming Us

If I was created to live life with my God as His child, then when I choose to live life on my own, I am choosing the life of an orphan, of one who has been abandoned. But I am not abandoned, my God calls me His child.  On my son’s birthday, what if he looked at his...

I Can Do All Things

Momming…most of my best ideas come from watching other moms and thinking, “Oooooh that. I’m going to do that too.” The simple, repeatable building blocks that we can copy and emulate…matter My son’s preschool teacher did this with her daughters - they would count on...

Build Your Home Well

I think most of us would agree that raising kids and building a family in our world today can be pretty challenging. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night thinking through something with my kids, and I pray for wisdom to make the right decision.    There is a...

Open It Up and Take A Listen

Imagine a movie where the character could open a book and the text would light up, telling her things she would need to know for the road ahead, tips about how life works best, and the truth about herself. If the book were sitting on the table, you would be anxiously...

You Don’t Have To Go It Alone

My son was a bucket of nerves sitting at the counter one day. We talked a bit more, and it made me think, “God doesn’t lead you to do anything that He doesn’t give you absolutely everything you would need to accomplish it.” I wonder if you need to hear that today as...

Are You Living Hypnotized?

I met my husband for breakfast yesterday, and the couples sipping their coffee at the cafe looked so comfortable. I dreamed of sitting there too, with my coffee warm in my hands, talking about the weather. Comfort can be tricky, almost hypnotizing. There was a phase...

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