Choosing the Foster Care Journey
(Editor’s Note: In November, during National Adoption Awareness Month, MomLife Today enjoys having Adoptive and Foster moms share their hearts with you. Meet Jami Kaeb, we…
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Birthday MOMents — Worst or Best Me?
Birthdays are a wonderful thing because they are a time of reflection. In the case of a child’s birthday, it is a time not only…
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Pick a Positive Path
Yesterday I was at a friend’s house chatting while our kids played upstairs. As usual, after only a few minutes, rumblings of discontent reverberated down the…
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Motherhood: A Small Life?
I sympathize a lot with a line of Meg Ryan’s character in You’ve Got Mail. One night on email, she wonders, “I lead a small…
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A Bumper Sticker and Repentance
On my way to a dinner party last weekend, I drove behind a Honda Civic with a couple of bumper stickers proudly displayed on the…
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Shaunti Feldhahn Discusses Respect at Home
Shaunti Feldhahn recently wrote a book about respect in the workplace, but she has a few things to stay about respect at home as well!…
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A Continued Calling
I woke up Sunday morning, groggy and grumpy. “Sweet Pea,”’ our 21-month-old foster baby, has sleep issues and finally gave up the fight at 5:00 a.m. As…
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Phases of the Empty Nest
My friend Julia and I met for coffee to catch up on each other’s lives. We’re both Empty Nesters. My five kids are all married,…
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Tornados, Severe Weather, and Autism
I’m sure many of you have been through severe weather lately. It probably went something like this; you sit down for dinner only to be…
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Making Comparisons
“Never compare your beginning to someone else’s middle” After 18 months of intensive work, my eight-year-old son earned his blue belt in karate. For a young…
