Grace Received – Grace Offered
I just did everything you are not supposed to do when disciplining a child. I’m too embarrassed to share what I said, did and felt….
Dropping Nets and Catching Blessings
I’m a picture person. A visual learner. I understand things better if I can get a picture of it in my head. Today God gave…
Children · Faith · Parenting · Single · Tweens & Teens
Holding My Faith Firmly Instead of My Children
In the past 24 hours I’ve had the opportunity to talk to two of my children – my high school sophomore and my 6th-grader –…
20 Things I Love About Being a Mom
Hearing “I love you so much, Momma.” Sweet hugs just because. Little people fighting over my lap. (It really can’t be that comfortable even…
Joy in the Moments of Single Motherhood
This morning I enjoyed listening to several women share about how much they are blessed by being grandmas. One lady expressed how she felt it…
Adoption – God’s Got It
About 8 years ago, the adoption discussion began in our home. We collected information, went to information meetings and gathered information from people about their…
Living in a Cracker Box
Sometimes I feel like I’m living in the bottom of an old cracker box—full of crumbs and cracker dust. Seriously, everywhere I look is a…
My Window Is Closing
Several years ago, when I was going through foster parent training, I attended a class about parenting children in crisis. The speaker described how we…
Best Mom Award Goes to … (Not Me)
“Mommy! Today was funny hat day! We didn’t wear hats! You forgot the hats!” That’s how my kindergartner and first grader greeted me after school…
Lovin’ On my Kids!
When I see the words “lovin’ on my kids” I envision wrapping my arms around them, breathing in their sweet scent (well, at least after…