Building Bravery
How do we build bravery in our kids when the big scary monsters aren’t just under the bed? Maybe you’re like me and “Be…
How do we build bravery in our kids when the big scary monsters aren’t just under the bed? Maybe you’re like me and “Be…
Editor’s note: Last week, Janel wrote about a situation with her daughter and how she and her husband dealt with her fears. Click here to…
If we were to write a classified ad for a parent, one of the parts of the job description would be character building. It is…
Parachuting out of an airplane, rafting down class five rapids, taking four-year-old twins into Macy’s fine china department—scary stuff, huh? And yet many of us…
I have to say it wasn’t always easy for me to let John lead. When he and I married in 1990, I was a single…
When I left full-time work in July 2011 to focus on life at home with my kids, it was not an easy decision. At the…
When Courageous came out on DVD, it was the number one selling DVD in the country. That movie celebrates the roll and calling of men…
i.e. starting over in a new place… A few weeks ago we moved to a new city and state. Among other things, I mourned the…
Because many of you have been with me as I have been “growing up” in my motherhood, I am elated (and only slightly terrified) to…
“Will you tell me another one, Mom?” My blonde-haired, blue-eyed son and I polished off peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while the younger kids pumped…