Thanksgiving Memories (a.k.a. Dinner’s Ready When the Fire Alarm Goes Off)
Before autism turned our world upside down, we did a fair share of entertaining. I loved filling our house with people and feeding them. The…
Before autism turned our world upside down, we did a fair share of entertaining. I loved filling our house with people and feeding them. The…
One of the great privileges of my life has been visiting orphanages in countries such as Russia, China, and South Africa. Taking our children to…
Albert Einstein once said, “It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.” You can be the most active mom…
When I think back over my life, one of the things that I regret is that I didn’t soak in the season I was in…
The Sabbath has been a popular topic of discussion on MomBlog … probably because being a mom equals being pooped! Personally I’ve had to realize the…
Bitterness was eating away at my heart, but I chose to call it “righteous indignation.” A friend had broken my confidence and shared her slightly-skewed…
I have a rough theory about motherhood. I wonder if God made things so round-the-clock and all-demanding of moms right from the start so that…
Mount Laundry was staring me down this morning, as I have just returned from a 10-day family trip. Two large suitcases had regurgitated their contents all over my…
My 16-year-old daughter is very transparent in her desire to have her boundaries respected. She refers to the area around herself as her “personal space…