No Tears Guide to Helping Your Teenager Clean Their Room (Just kidding. You'll still cry.)
Step 1: Give notice- This step not only gives your child fair warning that the day of reckoning is coming, but is also gives you time […]
Mom's Tips for Packing Up Your Childhood
It seems like a lifetime ago that I held this tiny baby girl of mine in my arms for the very first time. For her, […]
Her Teens Rise Up and Call Her #Blessed
I don’t want to brag, but I have totally nailed this part of Proverbs 31. Seriously, I have 3 teenagers under my roof right now, […]
You Won't Want This Hard Thing Back
To those of you going through a really hard time, maybe parenting, or caring for an aging parent, or being single and wishing you weren’t, […]
Letter to My American Honey
Free as a weed Couldn’t wait to get goin’ But wasn’t quite ready to leave. “American Honey” by Lady Antebellum Letter to my American Honey, […]
Surviving the Natural Disaster Known as Parenting
Everyone has heard stories of people who have fallen in love after surviving a traumatic ordeal together. These romantic dramas make for great books and […]
Borrowing Trouble From Yesterday
Proverbs 17: 21,22 21 He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, […]
Resignation Instead of Resolution
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us, we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” […]
When the Stockings Aren't Hung
Our family tends to be a little late in the game for getting ready for the holidays. So there I was on the 23rd, pulling […]
A Million Things Spoken and 1 Thing That Wasn't
Sixteen and a half years ago, Jay and I made a decision to become foster parents. Caleb was an infant, and I was pregnant with […]