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7 Truths about Friendship During the Fledging Years {Giveaway!}

March 5, 2018 by Amelia

Today’s post comes from my friend Brenda Yoder who just released a book for parents titled Fledge: LaunchingYour Kids Without Losing Your Mind. It was my pleasure to not only endorse this book, but to also write the foreword for it (a first for me!). As a friend and mom who is a stage ahead of […]

Filed Under: Doing Life Together, faith in action, reviews Tagged With: community, encouragement, faith, family, kids, motherhood, parenting

7 Prayers for 7 Mothers

May 8, 2017 by Amelia

7 prayers for 7 mothers

Mother’s Day is a time of celebration for many. But for a number of women, Mother’s Day is one of the most challenging days of the year because of the deep ache in their hearts. Church services and aisles of cards and flowers bring fresh grief over children they’ve never held, who’ve wandered and rebelled, […]

Filed Under: Pray A to Z Tagged With: mother's day, motherhood, parenting, Pray A-Z, prayer

Pray A to Z Stories: Depression & Mental Health

February 15, 2017 by Amelia

*You’re Invited! Join us next week Tuesday 7-9 p.m. for an evening of prayer at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I’m honored to be joining author Sharon Brown and Louis McBride from Baker Publishing as we explore historical and personal perspectives and practices on prayer. It will be the perfect time to slow […]

Filed Under: faith in action, Pray A to Z, Pray A to Z Stories Tagged With: anxiety, depression, family, kids, mental health, motherhood, parenting, Pray A-Z, prayer

Gutsy Girls–Gladys Aylward

September 21, 2015 by Amelia

I love history. I especially loved great stories of brave women missionaries when I was growing up. I read countless books about Amy Carmichael and Elizabeth Elliot and Corrie ten Boom. Somehow, I didn’t know about Gladys Aylward, but my friend Amy Sullivan fixed that. Amy is writing a delightful series of books for young […]

Filed Under: reviews, writing Tagged With: amy sullivan, encouragement, gutsy girls, motherhood, parenting, raising girls

Learning Balance, Busyness, and Not Doing it All {a give away!}

September 8, 2015 by Amelia

BRENDA YODER

  Last spring, life took a major turn. After 12 years as stay-at-home mom and freelance writer and speaker, I went back to work part-time in an office. Now I was wife, mom, freelance writer and speaker, and a marketing/communications coordinator for twenty hours a week. Change is never easy. Even good change. I wrestled […]

Filed Under: reviews Tagged With: encouragement, faith, family, kids, motherhood, parenting

10 Truths I Want My 10-Year-Old Daughter to Know

January 29, 2015 by Amelia

My daughter turned 10 this month. Stop. The. Clock. Just yesterday I bent over her bassinet, tears streaming down my face,  watching her tiny body breathe deeply in sleep, while begging God for help. I felt so inadequate to be a mother. I couldn’t believe they let me bring her home from the hospital. A […]

Filed Under: Family, Little Miss Sunshine, motherhood Tagged With: family, kids, motherhood, parenting

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