A couple weeks ago during church, Little Miss’s small group leaders encouraged each child to write a letter to someone thanking them for keeping the peace. Their theme for the month had been “peace” and apparently this was a final activity to drive the point home. So Little Miss wrote a letter to my Dad […]
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Learning to Skate
There’s nothing like roller skating to remind you that you aren’t as young as you used to be. We thought it would be “fun” to take the kids skating for their first time a few weeks ago. Needless to say, the “fun” lingered in my muscles for days. As I watched the kids learn to […]
Learning to let go
One warm summer day, Little Miss Sunshine asked me if I’d help her learn how to float on her back. Over the past couple summers she’s been eager to learn how to swim, yet she’s much more cautious than T-Rex who thinks he is part fish. She took her arm floaties off and we […]
Raising a Generation of Courage
I’ve been saddened and disappointed at the amount of fear-mongering that I’ve heard over the past couple days from people who claim to trust God, yet seem to have put their hopes in a presidential election. Honestly? It’s a poor testimony. Especially to my children. By the end of this presidential term my kids will […]
How do you respond to discipline?
One of my children recently unbuckled the seat belt and opened the car door as I was pulling into a parking spot at the grocery store. I don’t think I’ve ever reacted so quickly and passionately. I can’t even recall what I said. All I know is that my internal organs weren’t in their […]
3 Tips For Surviving Life Changes
Hello, friends! I hope you had a wonderful August and that as summer closed that you enjoyed many blessings with your family. I can hardly believe that my two little ones bounced onto the bus this morning. Where did the past 7 3/4 years go? More experienced mothers warned me that this day would eventually […]