It was a life jolt, one of the few experiences I can point to as a Game Changer. It rattled me then and it rattles me still, affecting all of the months and years in between. Out of the country for…
The alarm clock rings. Feet shuffle and your day begins. Serve. Hustle. Grind. The alarm clock is set again. You lean into your pillow, exhausted by the day. Anybody? Once upon a time, I h…
As parents of the 21 Century, Busy gets all up in our business. Like a nosy great-aunt. Slipping into survival mode is what saves us stout-hearted parents. We are smart that way. What sends one …
Did you know the word tweenager is a smash up of the words between and teenager? These kids of ours are stuck somewhere between teenagers and little kidhood. (If they can invent words, then who's t…
Have you ever been in over your head? Or thought you were? Because I am going to show you how those are two different things. I've got a lot of kids and they all still live at my house. Therefore…
I have disappointed myself with my mothering too many times to count. I stink at a lot of things, these being the first on my mind: 1. I have a hard time finishing. I will organize my kids cloth…
Photo by Impressions Photography Married young and naive, my husband and I decided to go big or go home. After all, we loved Yours, Mine and Ours and chaos sounded like a great idea. We eventually t…
God loves to showcase on the outside, what he is up to on the inside. We see it all over Jesus’ interactions with people. He fed the crowds and then he talked about being bread for their souls. He …
Photo by Impressions Photography Those seven, they are all ours. And, much to their exasperation, they belong to each other. None of them remember what a small family feels like because the first …
There are so many things we want our kids to know before they leave our houses in a cloud of adulthood. Hundreds and thousands of things. A few years back I read a book entitled 8 Things No Kids Sh…