Valentine Ideas for Kids
Finding creative ways to reach into our children’s hearts is always a challenge for parents. And it’s the heart and mind we want to influence…
Moms and Body Image
As a college student, I developed an eating disorder. I have many memories of my spiral into despair during those dark days. One of the…
A Unique Way to Handle Chores and Allowance
There is a topic debated over the years by many moms. And it’s one we struggled with as we raised our five children. How should…
Sexting: A Hot Topic for Kids and Parents
Definition of sexting: the transmission of photographs of private body parts, people engaged in sexual acts, and graphic, tawdry sexual communication via cell phones and…
The Need for Prayer
The phone rang at 8 p.m. I heard the broken voice of my son’s best buddy, and he said that his grandfather was really sick…
One Small Solution to Stuff-itis
This week as I carted the new Christmas toys upstairs, contemplating where to store the new loot, I felt somewhat heavy and divided, as I have occasionally…
Grieving at Christmas
I heard a thought second-hand recently, which was originally from a mother who’d just lost her child in a terrible accident. The mom explained that…
Giving: A New Kind of Shopping Spree
One of the feelings I hate is what I’ll call the after-Christmas glut. It’s a little like that feeling you can get after a Thanksgiving feast: I…
Noel Piper and Treasuring God in our Traditions
Okay, I admit it I’m a John Piper groupie. Love everything he writes, says, thinks. I’ve been like this since I discovered Desiring God. (Was…
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…