It happens to every mom. You're done. Exhaustion is threatening to overcome you, but there's just that one more thing to do. It's a little something I call... The Burned Out Mommy Season It's something each of us experience, but rarely talk about. Is it because of the fear of being seen as weak? Or is it our pride? I don't know, but today I'm going to talk about … [Read more...]
Defying Discontentment
Do your thoughts ever take you by surprise? Mine sure do. And not always in a good way. I was enjoying some quiet time on our front porch recently. My husband and four oldest were at Vacation Bible School, and the two youngest were tucked into bed. I was savoring the last few minutes of daylight, enjoying the soft sounds of birds chirping and a train's horn sounding in … [Read more...]
Loving Your Child Enough
One of my priorities as I write is to always be truthful. Sometimes the truth is beautiful and charming and inspiring. But other times it's messy and ugly and...somehow still inspiring when we allow God to wrench it from our grasping fingers and use it the way He wants to. Here's fair warning that there's some truth of the messy variety ahead. One recent afternoon, my … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Show Your Child You Love Them
"I love you." 3 words that mean so much, yet we all have a tendency to take them for granted when we hear or speak them everyday. We try to teach our children that words mean things and have weight, but it's also important to show them that we mean what we say. To quote George R.R. Martin, "Words are wind," so it's important that our children see us backing up our words with … [Read more...]
Parenting: What a Child Wants, What a Child Needs
It's a funny thing about parenting articles-- they're always written by doctors or psychologists or parents, never by the people being parented: the kids. I mean, think about it, if you were a waitress and you wanted to know how to serve your customers better, would you take advice solely from other waitresses, restaurant managers, and the guys at corporate? Wouldn't you, at … [Read more...]
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