Since the time my oldest daughter was two and a half years old, she’s gone to daycare, preschool or both. And she’s loved it. She’s also loved her class at church, various playdates and basically any opportunity to play with other kids. HOWEVER. Since the time she was two and… Read More →
Since the day I announced that I was pregnant five years ago people have practically fallen over themselves in a cheerful attempt to offer their unsolicited advice on child-rearing. It seems that everyone has an opinion on parenting and many people want to share those opinions with you, even if you… Read More →
A few evenings ago I walked into my kitchen to find each of my four girls deeply engrossed in various magazines. At first this puzzled me. However, it did not take long for me to realize what was happening-the catalogs have started to arrive and the girl’s were carefully developing their “wish… Read More →
“She hates me.” The words caught in my throat as I looked through the tears at my husband, “I’m a failure as a mother.” Wrapping his arms around me and pulling me close, he simply said, “Just because it’s hard, that doesn’t mean you’re failing.” Let’s face it, for most… Read More →
Sometimes it is hard to know what to say to my girls…about the grey areas of life. Daily they come to my husband and I, processing through the things going on around them. Daily I am reminded that the greatest thing we can teach our girls is to learn… Read More →
For some reason, teenagers feel the most vulnerable around the same time their mommas are ready to go to bed. Like clockwork, that’s when their hearts begin to bubble up with honest emotions and they are finally ready to talk. My girl definitely needed to talk, as tears streamed down… Read More →
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that when we decided to share our favorite resources for moms with you this month, I immediately thought of my prayer journal. The timing of this post coincides perfectly with the tremendous success of the movie “War Room” (featuring the sweet daughter of our… Read More →
Motherhood for me came with a stripping away of control and it has continued in that vein ever since. I imagined that my daughter would be a miniature version of myself as a little girl, quiet and complacent and never the source of any trouble. You could often find me… Read More →
“Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:29-30 Women today are expected to do it all. Not only that, we are expected to look good, and act sweetly while we are doing it…. Read More →
image credit: flickrphotomy_southborough As we wound through the aisle on that end-of-summer scavenger hunt called school supply shopping, it hit me. Her list didn’t include glue this year. I pointed this out to my soon-to-be second-grader and teased her: “That means no more fun! It’s hard-core learning time now!” We laughed… Read More →