Inhale, Exhale By Lake Averie Fight or flight? She can’t decide. Hiding out, trying to ride it out until the pain subsides Praying they don’t find out the fears her body has shouted. But He knows and where is He? As close as the air I breathe. © 2015 Lake Ave In the fall of…
Recently I was talking to a teacher about an experience that they had. They shared with me how they had given out a homework assignment to write a composition entitled ‘My Mother”. As soon as the homework was given out a girl in the class started to cry. When the teacher asked her what was…
I know it’s wrong. I know all the parenting books and all my past experience and just the feelings in my gut tell me it’s wrong. But I still do it. This is my confession: When my five year old asks for a cookie, I tell him no. When my two year old asks…
Who Needs The Voice? My family has a new obsession (at least, new to us), and it is the phenomenon known as “The Voice”. Many of you are fans, I’m certain. Some of you may be completely unimpressed with me at this point, either because of our choice in television shows or because I am…
It has been an emotionally and mentally long week in many different areas of life. My phone buzzed and I glanced over with hesitation, feeling as though I didn’t have one ounce of inspiration or energy to encourage anyone else that day. What I saw was a friend reaching out. I saw a message that…
by Shannon Mangicaro I read a lot, I read at least a little bit everyday, ideally more than a little bit, and over the years there are certain books that have really stuck out to me. Hands Free Mama by Rachel Stafford is one of those books. I read it last year and I remember…
For some, anxiety is a way of life. I see it every day in the decisions we make, in the way we live. It is a delicate balance of emotion, heartache and for me, faith. I have great anxiety over what people think of me, and I tend to take things personally when I really…
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We continue our October parenting week looking at the topic “Raising Children to be Leaders”. Our post today is brought to us by Ryan. Ryan is a husband, and father who loves God and desires to serve Him. He loves working with youth and sharing God’s love to everyone he meets. Training…
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Earlier this week I did a craft with my daughter. It wasn’t my idea, and admittedly I wasn’t terribly excited to do it. But she wanted to, and I went along with it. She told me what she wanted me to create, which materials to use, and how we could…
I only have 33 years to live. He could have said that but He didn’t. I’m reminded of this whenever I’m surrounded by the urgent hustle and productivity of modern life. But it’s not just busyness anymore, is it? We have added mission, ministry and purpose into the mix so that more and more the…
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