Equipping Parents for The Journey
It’s 2 a.m. You roll over to the edge of your bed, and you feel a presence. You slowly open your eyes, and not 2 inches from your face is another set of eyes staring at you. You already know those eyes belong to your beautiful child, and they are either scared of a...
We all love fun vacations and big, exciting events, but let’s face it, our bank accounts, brains, and calendars can only handle so much. Fortunately, creating memories and cherishing time with our families doesn’t have to cost a lot of money or require months of planning. This week, Parenting Pathway Mom Sheena Creek...
When you’re married, dates take you back to when you would first get butterflies, change your outfit a thousand times, and keep plenty of mints on hand—back to when you were just finding out who this person is. Maybe you don’t get the butterflies as much anymore, because eventually in relationships, we get to...
I’m already missing summer freedom. I just filled out our family calendar, and between school and extra curriculars, I’m missing the flexibility around dinner. Family dinner together is important to us, and it’s easier during the summer. But we still love it in every season, so I thought I’d share why and how we...
Now that spring break is ending, we are on the home stretch toward summer. Your summer calendar may already be filling up with a colorful variety of activities, from vacations and family outings to sports clinics and summer camps. While those things are great, is there gray space left on your calendar when your...
What do you do when you are so angry you could scream? How do you respond when you are so frustrated all you want to do is cry? How do you respond when someone loses your favorite book? Your adult response to these situations and about 100 more are learned through life experience. It...
Summer 2020 looks very different from any summer we have previously experienced. Even if you can still navigate that getaway to the mountain or the beach, it will just be different. But rather than being discontent about the difference, maybe we can embrace it. Guest author and mom of two very busy children, Sheena...
When I tell stories, I like to pretend I’m Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls; she was the best golden girl and I’ll go to the mattresses over that fact, but I digress. “Picture it. Frisco. 2017.” See what I did there? Jensen was 17 months old and the chubbiest little tot I had...
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:3 We had a plan. My husband and I got married in December of 2007, we bought our first home in September 2008, and we would get pregnant fall 2008....
