A New Night Time Ritual—to Speak My Kids’ “Love Languages”
We’ve had some major upheavals in our family recently, of the moving-to-the-developing-world variety. It’s refreshed my experience of God’s faithfulness, to say the least—and of…
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Is Engagement With Children Extinct?
It is odd that a simple “life scene” that played out before my eyes in a doctor’s office waiting room would leave me near tears….
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Don’t Get Lazy in Marriage
Recently I’ve realized that I have gotten lazy in my marriage. I used to stop whatever I was doing and meet my husband at the…
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25 Creative Ways to Tell Your Spouse ‘I Love You’ on Valentine’s Day
Is it more important to love … or to be loved? Most of us would agree with George Eliot’s words, “I like not only to…
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Our Favorite Valentine’s Day Articles
Valentine’s Day happens every year on February 14th. Some of us plan for weeks… some of us tend to forget… and most of us think…
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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…
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31 Ideas to Beat Cabin Fever and the Winter Blues
After the busyness of December and early darkness with chilly weather, winter can seem tedious. Less daylight and cold weather can result in cranky kids…
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Inconvenienced?
This week I had the privilege of being inconvenienced. My entire schedule and plans were laid aside to parent another family’s seven children. The father…
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“I have a Dream …”
The “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most recognized speeches of our time, if not the most…
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Stepmom Living: The Things I Have Learned
I had two stepmoms in my lifetime. One when I was fourteen, and the second when I was thirty. That means I should have known…
