My girls are sixteen and fourteen, so we still have a little time before they launch into the world on their own. My goal is that they will be confident in their worth and in their identity in Christ. I have been grateful for the parents who have shared their wisdom along the way, helping…
I am the proud mom of three kids: two girls aged fifteen and thirteen, and one nine-year-old boy. I always dreamt of becoming a mom and am grateful God entrusted these three to me and my husband. While this post will explore some of my learnings about parenting teens, I fully acknowledge how early it…
If you happen to vacation in Cancun in July, you may be able to catch the tortugas marinas (sea turtles) clambering from the ocean in the late evenings to lay their eggs. What a thrill to see the large, dark mound of a turtle float in to shore and slowly and determinedly make her way…
I recently attended a benefit dinner for a local Bible camp. The missions committee at my church bought a table and invited my husband and me to take two of the seats. I wore the dress I had worn to my brother’s wedding, chandelier earrings, and very uncomfortable shoes. I entered the dining room on…
Back in November, a neighbor gave me a mason jar of sourdough starter. Since then, I’ve been experimenting, and it has become a weekly habit to make a loaf of sourdough bread. I’ve been baking bread for a few years now, but I’ve realized that the time and effort to make a loaf of sourdough…
Chances are if you’re the parent of a school-aged child, that child is involved in something: Soccer. Basketball. Academic teams. Boy Scouts. Playing an instrument. Ballet. The list of possibilities is endless, and the time commitments are usually significant. How does one mother get four children to two activities each over the course of one week?…