My little mirror image looks right back at me when I look at my oldest daughter. From her brown eyes to her love of big words, she resembles me in too many ways to count. At the very lest least we are similar enough as to make us like the prickly side of Velcro rubbing…
Lately, I feel the Lord is prompting me to spend more time in prayer. I pray daily, but I don’t usually carve out a specific time to pray over the people in my life. It’s time to not only pray in general, but to make my prayer time more specific and dedicated. I need to…
What’s my testimony? How do I define it? I feel my testimony in Christ has different levels through different stages of my life. I grew up in a Christian home and I’ve always known who Jesus was. So when someone would ask about my testimony, sometimes I would say, “I don’t have one”. But of…
Taking Our Kids to Church I think we’ve got it wrong. The church seems to be in almost a panic about losing our young people right now. I’m with everybody else, it devastates me to think about the mass exodus out of the church doors. But still, I wonder. I wonder if maybe it isn’t…
In this video I talk about being me and the way God made me as a parent. I share a new book that I love. Mothering From Scratch by Melinda Means and Kathy Helgemo. ] Prayer from Mothering From Scratch pg.27 “Lord , let me see myself the way You see me. Instill in…
It’s Not About You “It’s not about you!” I felt my heart sink as soon as I said it to her. Sure, that kid has been struggling with weeks now with a selfish attitude that has spiraled out of control. She has clawed, grabbed, screamed, and pouted to try getting it to go her way.…
One thing I have learned as a mom is that loving our children and building them up is not an eighteen year journey that hits a dead end and suddenly we can turn and walk away. Parenting has different stages and seasons. It may look different at age five than it does at age thirteen…
“Good Job!” “Way to go!” “You did great!” I hear my own enthusiastic words echoed in my kids words and tone and it makes me smile. We are nothing if not a zealous people around here. It’s not necessarily that I am trying to be a cheerleader, it is just my personality. The truth is…
By Janis Cox In order to have a sense of self-worth, children need to know that they can indeed do things for themselves. Don’t stifle their drive. I grew up with a lovely, caring mother and father. My mother loved to serve and I am sure she had the gift of help. She did everything…
Desiree Taylor It seems like yesterday this picture was taken. These boys are now fifteen and twenty years old. I used to hate it when the older moms would say, “It goes by so fast.” I have to confess I didn’t believe that then when every day seemed to last forever. I have found this…
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