8 Tips for a (More) Organized School Morning
Whether our kids are in favor or not, most of us are waving goodby to a carefree summer. Schedule and routine are about to become the norm again. (This is me high-fiving you for surviving another summ…
Tag: Parenting
Raising World Changers: Is this Really a Good Idea?
My kids struggle with changing their undies and their sheets, much less the globe. Two of them are currently grounded from the X-box, one of them is in the throes of The Terrible Fours, and the res…
Three Unconventional Ways my Dad Modeled God
Growing up, I watched him open Father's Day cards like a classic North American dad and I told him I loved him on a weekly/monthly basis. Probably. If you don't count a few of the teen years. I did…
Our Failed Adoption: Why Parents should Never Compare
The van ride was warm and bumpy but at least we had no air conditioning whatsoever. The kids fiddled with our camera, taking videos of shanties and clothes drying on bushes until the tiny to…
Favorite Parenting Strategies of a Big Family
From time to time, the kids in my house behave poorly. And by time to time, I mean every few seconds. Which is totally endearing and life-giving all at the same time. The only thing more fru…
Long and Short: Parenting Beyond this Exact Moment
"Hey little brother, sneak into big brother's room. He has candy. Get some for us." What would you have done if you were around the corner from that discussion? Intervened? What a grea…
Parenting your First Kid Vs. Parenting your Last
"I don't know what's more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or acting like you know what you're doing." -Jim Gaffigan My Sweet and I have seven kids. And because th…
Simple Ways to Keep Jesus the Focus of Christmas
The person who said they needed more things to fill up their December calendar was a liar. A fictional liar. Does your family need more to do this month? Yeah, no. Ours doesn't either. We want …
ReThinking Christmas
Christmas Love One year it was so tall and round we had to keep whittling away at the base so we could stand it up in our entrance. The living room didn't stand a chance to host it that year. Big …
Your Kids will Benefit from this One Thing for the Rest of Their Lives
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…