Do you struggle when your kids have a hard time learning something? Well you shouldn’t. (and I’m working on not letting it get the best of me) I use to emotionally drain myself from worry when my son or daughter struggled with a lesson until I realized that my kids need to be challenged. Challenges…
I went into parenting thinking that I had all the answers. It only took a week with a newborn for me to realize that I did not know it all. When my kids were toddlers I went to bed most nights feeling overwhelmed. The preschool years got easier in some ways and more difficult in…
“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” ~ Matthew 6:34 I can’t breathe. A pounding fills my ears. Taking another single step requires momentous effort. Truth be told, I don’t know if I can do this. Life has overwhelmed me;…
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…
After four months of my husband’s unemployment, each day drug on with no end in sight. I had no idea how long it could take to find a simple job. By now, he was ready to apply for anything, no matter how little income it brought in. “If it gets you insurance and pays more…
by: Liz Jones http://www.christianworkingmama.blogspot.com Dear Anxiety, I believe that you came into my life the day I was born. There were many down the generational line who battled you. Some battled you through denial and control, some through isolation and avoiding people, and some through alcohol abuse… I remember as a 3rd grader, a teacher…
Dr. Michelle Bengtson As a young child, I can’t remember life before a spirit of fear and anxiety slithered in and took up residence. I was “a good girl” and always aimed to please…so much so that to some degree I lost myself because I looked to adopt the ideas and expectations others set in…
Anxious according to Webster includes synonyms nervous, worried and uptight. Antonyms include calm and relaxed. The interesting thing about being anxious is that it is possible to be worried about something, at the same time outwardly having a calm demeanor. Many days, that is the very scenario I found myself in. May of 2013 our…
What a crazy night. Of all the nights that I can’t sleep because my mind is speeding and going through every red light. Yes, every red light that tells my brain to shut up and stop worrying. It was really hard to sleep through the night for I had the twenty four hour stomach…
by Desiree Taylor Tonight my husband took my son David for a ride in the car. Not just any ordinary car ride but one where my son drives and I am in the back seat. We have an older son who is twenty one years old so it isn’t the first time doing this but…
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