Don’t Give Them Everything They Want
I grew up the eldest of four kids. We had enough, but there was not a lot of excess. My parents were very careful with…
I grew up the eldest of four kids. We had enough, but there was not a lot of excess. My parents were very careful with…
It was last week when I put the pieces together regarding my daughter. I’d been praying for my kids one morning out of While…
“Mom, what’s pornography?” The question was posed frankly by my 10-year-old while my kids and I were about the business of dinner clean-up—rinsing dishes, popping…
I wasn’t expecting a wave of emotion to overtake me as I read Kelcie’s post on MomLife Today. But here I find myself looking through…
When my children were young, I had an older mom-friend who I loved to watch as she parented her older teens and college-aged children. She…
“I hate spelling. I’m a bad speller.” That’s what eeked out from my son’s down-turned, sun-bleached head this week as he and I labored through…
Once upon a time, I was a mommy. My daughter wanted me to read her just one more story, to hug her constantly, to carry…
I realized yesterday that I’m caught smack in the middle of every working mom’s biggest dilemma: How can you be there for your kids during an…
My 12-year-old morphed into a driving expert this year. She doles out helpful advice and suggestions to me and other drivers on the road. Often,…
Today when your teen or pre-teen daughter gets home from school, she is probably going to be talking about Miss America’s red plastic cup. Which…