Christmas is my favorite time of year, but it hasn’t always been that way. For many years I looked at December as a list of duties and obligations. The decorations,…
Tricia Goyer
Tricia Goyer has made a career out of writing and using that gift to uplift others. With over 40 books published she enjoys using real life stories to inspire through fiction and non-fiction. Tricia is the mom of six, three grown children and three adopted little ones – that’ll end up being forty years of parenting know how! As a former teen mom she is now dedicated to reaching out to other teen moms. She is a favored speaker at writing events around the country and on her website Tricia Goyer she shares the inspiration behind her prolific writing career.
Everything I Know About God I Learned From My Kids
I don’t know about you, but when I became a mom it seemed that every time I opened my mouth, I’d hear my parents speaking. The things I heard over…
Adoption Wakes Up Hearts
Last night my two-year-old, Alyssa, drew a picture of a house, and it made me think about how different this house—our house—would be without this girl. Without her giggles, without…
Why It’s Important to Be Friends With All Types of People
Last week my friend from the Czech Republic was in town. My kids and I went to lunch with her, and we visited an alligator farm. (Yes, there is such…
Surviving the Strong-Willed Child
I used to laugh when my mother-in-law Darlyne told me how my husband was a strong-willed child. That’s until our daughter turned out to be exactly like her dad.
Getting Better at Handling Anger … and Then Even Better Yet
I’ve been a mom for 23 years, and for the first five of those years I had moments when I struggled to control my anger. While I was growing up,…
Is It Time for a Clean Sweep?
I always loved the television show Clean Sweep. In the show the contents of a whole room are placed into a person’s driveway, and their things are sorted into piles:…
Teaching R-E-S-P-E-C-T to Preschoolers
There are many important values that we need to teach our kids, but in my opinion one of the most challenging is teaching respect. Actually, it’s more than just teaching…
12 Ways to Help Your Children Honor Veterans
As a mom, I never thought much about Veteran’s Day until after I’d started interviewing World War II veterans for a novel I was writing. Yet as November neared I…
It’s OK to Strive and Fall Short
I pictured myself as a mix of Mary Poppins and Carol Brady. We were welcoming in two new kids (ages five and two years old), and I was going to…