8 Savvy School Supply Shopping Tips
Sunday’s newspaper ads startled me into a quickly-approaching reality: school starts in less than a month! I lined up the ads to begin comparing prices from…
Author: Julia DesCarpentrie
Julia DesCarpentrie is passionate about orphan care, adoption and fostering. She has been blessed to live out God’s call on her life in those areas through her work with The CALL (Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime), a foster care church initiative encouraging more Christian families to foster children in need. Julia has been an advocate for the fatherless for 10 years, as both a volunteer and also serving with Hope for Orphans before her work with The CALL. She is also an active volunteer in the community and has served on several community boards. She continues to minister to other mothers and foster/adoptive families through writing and speaking with MomLife Today. Julia is the mom of five children entrusted to her care through birth, adoption and fostering. She and Branden have been married for 16 years.
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Public School Mission Field
My mom, a public school teacher, often declared “I’m the only Jesus many of these children ever see.” And she would remind my siblings and…
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Faith · Home & Serving · Mom Life · Parenting
How to Have a Meaningful Easter
Easter is such a powerful and holy season that is quickly being overshadowed by an overgrown rabbit, and the real meaning is lost on over-sugared…
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10 Stress Free Holiday Travel Tips
Our family is counting down the days until we travel north to spend the holidays with our extended families. My children are already planning sleepovers…
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The 9 Best Ways to Help an Adoptive Family
A month after welcoming our toddler son home, I sobbed to my Bible Study sisters, “We prayed for this for the past year. Remember? We…
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11 Simple Tips for Having a Carefree Summer With Your Kids
Summer is my favorite season of the year. I am a jealous guard over our schedule — we plan as little as possible to allow plenty…
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Exchanging My Slippers for Pumps
Almost nine years ago, I began a new career as a stay-at-home mom. Within six months I was ready to hang up my spit-up laden apron…
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Dethroning the Drama Queen
Allow me to begin with a disclaimer: I am new to parenting a teen daughter. I do not claim to be an expert but rather…
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The Beauty of Do-Overs
The second the words left my mouth, I knew I blew it. I had been working so hard to build trust with this little boy…
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How to Celebrate Passover as Christians
Most of us regard Passover as a Jewish celebration. What significance could it have for modern-day Christians? But celebrating the Passover with a communal meal,…
