Teen Daughter Shopping Survival Rules
I sort of dread shopping with my two teenage daughters. We inevitably end up fighting those fashion battles that are so familiar to every mom…
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Are You Stressed?
Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Anxious because there’s no way to get it all done? Fearful because you don’t know how to handle a difficult person? Unsure…
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Where’s a Hole I Can Crawl In and Die When I Need One?
Okay. Every working mom knows what it feels like to juggle the extra pressure of looking and sounding “together” professionally while frantically juggling 12 kid-and-family things…
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Choosing Extra Curricular Activities and Your Child’s Natural Bent
As moms we need to be a student of our children and help them explore their own natural “bent,” but how do you resist the…
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My Most Effective Ministry
So I have this really effective ministry: God has called me to live in such a way that other people, especially parents, feel better about…
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I Was Not a Good Mom, So I Threw Away All My Books!
I was one of those moms who bought all the books. I studied them. I bought books about training children, disciplining children, raising godly children, how to…
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From Mommy to Godzilla
When I became a mother, I pictured long days of rocking my sweet babies and imparting all my knowledge to them as they grew. I…
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Timeless Words
While we were raising our children we faced the usual challenges with sibling bickering, sloppiness with household chores, and working long hours on school assignments….
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Intentional Intimacy
My friend and I were trying to figure our men out. We had each been married five years and each had two young children. We missed the spontaneous intimacy…
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When the Vacation Is Over…
The vacation is over. We’re headed home. You probably have a range of emotions swirling around you depending upon who is in your car. Some…
