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....
God Makes a Mom
Some moms are married to the father of their children, some are sailing through the seas of singleness, and others are in the midst of creating blended families. No matter how the family unit looks, all these women have one thing in common: the call to be a mother! Your marriage or lack thereof does not...
Look at the Fields!
“I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35 I love this verse more than I can tell you. It’s becoming all the more meaningful to me as Thanksgiving draws near. As more and more stores attempt to minimize the holiday and reduce it to little more...
One Purple Balloon
One purple balloon slipped away from little fingers and floated to the sky. One little heart broke as the tears poured from the boy’s eyes. In an instant, the carefree morning became unbearable as it seemed a child’s entire world had imploded. All because of one purple balloon. What do we do when our children experience...
Straight Talk: Blessing Your Child
Do you remember the Bourne Identity movies? It’s the classic amnesia scenario where a character doesn’t know who he is or what he’s doing. Can you imagine walking through life aimlessly wandering? Many people do. The thing is, if you’ve never been instructed and affirmed about how and by Whom you were created, you...
What’s Bad About a Strong Will?
You’ve probably heard the same conversations about strong-willed children that I have heard. Don’t those conversations give you the impression that a strong will is a curse both to the child and to the parents? But is it really a curse? Thinking back about our own children, we were completely convinced that our oldest...