I had high hopes for the mom I thought I’d be. In fact, at the baby shower for my first son, I actually remember thinking, “How hard can this parenting thing be?” I had a happy childhood with parents who led me well and shared God’s love with me in a way that I was …
I was pushing my cart through the décor section in Target when my toddler spotted the Christmas section across the way and exclaimed, “Look Mom, it’s a Christmas tree!” Had he not been buckled in, he may have ejected himself with enthusiasm. I wasn’t surprised that my little guy was excited to see the beautifully …
There’s actually good reason to put a Christmas tree up in our house in mid-October, and it’s not to get a head start on decorating and celebrating. It’s to host an annual Christmas gift drive for the beautiful orphans at Danita’s Children in Haiti. This was our fourth year hosting the event in our home, …
Since many of us are sending our kids back to school, I wanted to share some ideas on how we might do that as a #momsetfree. I hope you enjoy it and find some relief from the stress as you read it! Every summer my husband and I take our four boys to Palmetto Bluff, …
I can’t think of a better place to for us to start our conversation about the significant role we play in our children’s lives than with Deuteronomy 6:4–7. If we want to know what God has called us to do, we can find the answer here. This is one of the linchpin scriptures of the …
My husband, Mike, and I had one of our biggest fights on Mother’s Day. We’d recently moved from our tiny apartment in NYC to a small town about an hour north in Connecticut. The thing I missed most about living in the city was the bagel shop I’d frequented several times a week. So when …
When our oldest son turned thirteen we wanted to do something special for him – something that would help him see himself through God’s eyes of love and mercy. So we asked a group of men, who know our son well, to write him a letter. We asked that they do two things. First, we asked …
I’m part of a text string with several moms who are also in the trenches with kids of various ages. We mostly use this string as an opportunity to share our personal insecurities and fears, knowing that we will all pray, cheer, and share similar stories of struggle with each other. This isn’t “misery loves …
I just love The Message paraphrase of Romans 8:38-39. “Absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.” Doesn’t it paint just the most tender and beautiful picture? Jesus has embraced us! And nothing – no sin, no shortcoming, no shame – can wedge …
At the end of a difficult day, when our weaknesses have been underlined AND highlighted in the ways we have parented our kids, it can be all too easy to believe the lie that a bad day makes us a bad parent. So if you’ve had some difficult days lately, and the enemy has tempted …
