Mother’s Day or “Me” Day?
Disappointment is an emotion I didn’t expect to experience on my first Mother’s Day. I had set my expectations a little high: breakfast in bed, pampering, long…
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Celebrate Motherhood All Month Long
Why limit Mother’s Day to one day? Celebrate the sacrifices of the women in your life all month long. And this year expand your focus and…
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Redefining Tradition
With the Easter holiday around the corner, you may find yourself redefining tradition this year. Maybe you’ve experienced a loss in your family or are…
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How Do You Do It? (A Series of Questions for a Mom of Quads)
As many of you know, our daughter Libby (who is a twin) gave birth to quadruplets last fall. When they (one girl and three boys, all…
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Building Character by Telling Your Stories
“Will you tell me another one, Mom?” My blonde-haired, blue-eyed son and I polished off peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while the younger kids pumped…
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Is God in Handcuffs?
My husband and I are currently praying faithfully for three couples who are in significant marital stress. Affairs are going on in all three. Our son told us…
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5 Mom Truths — Do Not Believe the Enemy
We get lots of emails. Many of our readers ask us tough questions that a combined 300 years of parenting and seeking the biblical blueprints…
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Step Four Out of Angry: The Hormone Dragon
Report on last week: epic fail. Generally, my head-on attack of my rather vicious anger problem, by God’s power and grace, has been an exciting…
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10 Stay-At-Home Mom Myths Debunked
Sometimes it appears that the only mom-voices heard in the media are the voices of moms who work outside the home. While their lives are considered…
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The Disease of “People Pleasing”
Do you worry? Walk away from a conversation, wondering if something you said at some point somehow hurt the other person’s feelings or gave him…
