Today’s guest post is written by mother of daughters and author Lynn Cowell! She has a new book out for your tween girl that we are so excited about! We think you will be too! ***** Long past the point when most kids move on, I was still afraid of… Read More →
This post is a revised excerpt from Tales as Old as Time: Lessons on God’s Love Inspired by Beauty and the Beast, a 10-day devotional ebook available at Amazon. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:11 The Maurice in… Read More →
As believers, the easy way to view body image is through the lens of scripture. We know that God created each of us in His image. He delights in who we are, and is not concerned with our outward appearance. As we talk to our daughters about how they see… Read More →
For most of my life I have not felt beautiful. Junior high was rough. My too-straight hair did nothing for my face; I could never find a hair style that worked for me. And I was flat-chested, embarrassingly so. (In fact, one day during seventh grade math class, the class… Read More →
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And today, I’m beholding the beauty of my 17-year-old girl. Tonight is her junior prom. She spent weeks searching for the perfect dress, the right shoes, the best hair and makeup styles. All in all, it’s been a wonderful season… Read More →
True beauty is found within. Isn’t that what we want for our girls? To understand the most beautiful things are rarely what’s on the outside. To recognize how important it is not to be distracted by what is on someone’s outside but to desire to see the true beauty of… Read More →
It can be tricky to step into the topic of physical appearance when talking to our girls. How can we approach it in a healthy, balanced, Godly way? Take a stroll by any magazine rack and you’ll see that, unfortunately, almost all the articles in magazines for girls have to… Read More →
This month as I was reading through Mothers of Daughters (I am prone to scrolling one-handed as I nurse my newborn) I was captivated by the way Teri Lynne captured her studying of Proverbs 31. I read the phrase “But above all, we need to help them grasp that the most beautiful… Read More →
My path to becoming a girl mom wasn’t what I imagined. And boy, did I ever imagine. I couldn’t have been more than about 10 years old when I began lugging that weighty JC Penney catalog onto my lap, where I’d sit with a Sharpie. And I’d circle. I… Read More →
My husband and I are very recent (as in one month) empty nesters, and so, as many new empty nesters do, we decided to take a trip to mourn celebrate this new phase of life. We chose to travel to Arizona to visit my parents for a few days, but… Read More →