10 Timely Teen Tips
Raising teens is very rewarding and very frustrating all at the same time. One week we want to control everything they do, the next we…
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Picky Eating: What’s a Mom to Do? (part one)
It’s dinner time. Mom is feeling tense. “Are we going to have our nightly battle with Jeffrey and food again? Maybe this time he will…
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Is Real Face to Face Community Important for Moms?
The short answer is YES! As moms it is so easy for us to become centered on our homes and families. Sometimes we can become so centered on…
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Not Popular Enough
My bubbly junior high school daughter had been quiet for several days. I’m getting used to her hormonal mood swings, but this funk was lasting…
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Treading Water in the Proverbs 31 Pool (Part II)
Find Part 1 of Treading Water in the Proverbs 31 Pool here. Part II of Treading Water in the Proverbs 31 Pool Physical Strength: [verse…
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Treading Water In the Proverbs 31 Pool
I regularly ask God to reveal what I need to see, and if there might be something that is hindering my walk with Him. While…
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The Funny Things We Do as Moms
A joyful heart is good medicine, according to Proverbs 17:22 (ESV). Had any good laughs lately? “The boys need their fingernails clipped,” my loving husband…
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Are You Serving Fresh Fruit?
It was a beautiful summer day for my son’s 11th birthday, not the southern sweating-and-sweltering we have way too often. We actually celebrated the night…
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Lead With Grace, Don’t Chase With Anger
This morning, as I walked Rachel into school, I heard one of the teachers yelling as she worked the carpool line. On and on she…
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Teens – Don’t Freak Out
A few days ago, I was sitting with my 12-year-old daughter on the couch, listening to her describe some things that had happened on a…
