Parenting a Toddler: 2 Keys to Success for Overwhelmed Moms
Parenting a toddler can be one of the most confusing and trying jobs, what with the power struggles and the toddler tantrums. But it’s also an incredibly important stage of…
Goldfish Crackers Everywhere: How to Gracefully Survive Life with a Toddler
Life with a toddler can be tough. From Goldfish crackers in your shoes to permanent marker on your piano, here’s how to survive the toddler years with grace and gratitude.…
Child, Do you Know Who You Are? 3 Principles to Help Affirm Your Tween’s Identity in Christ
Tweens today face an enormous amount of pressure to adapt their identities to the current culture: to dress a certain way, to engage in the same behaviors as the people…
The Most Important Rule To Adopt When Facing Family Conflict
No matter how much we love our family members, sometimes we wish we could wring their necks and slap some sense into them. Am I right? That’s how I felt…
You Can Do Hard Things
“You can do hard things.” It was a different approach to the inevitable, “It’s just too hard,” that often came out of my boys’ mouths when attempting something difficult—math homework,…
How My Children Point Me to the Tangible, Touchable Love of God
I fall backward onto the floor, overdramatizing my movements as I shout, “You got me!” Suddenly, there is a small hand in my hair, a finger in my nose, and…
Cultivating a Servant’s Heart in the Home: The Importance of Engaging our Children in Chores
Do you ever feel like getting your children to do their chores well is an impossible task? It has taken years of fine tuning our chore charts and procedures to…
From Fear to Faith
“Bye Mama!” She looks back at me one final time to smile and wave, before disappearing excitedly into the buzzing throng of her new classroom. Pony-tail swinging, her small frame…
Goodbye to Summer Days
I stood to stretch before readjusting the towel covering the hot tile next to the pool. The towel now straightened under me, I sat criss-cross and watched my growing-too-fast boy…
Secrets of a Confident Mother
We were all melting in the heat. My husband, me, and the little bundle of joy we brought home from the hospital a few days earlier, were all stripped down…
On Treasuring Every Moment
It seems every mom has a Target story. A chatty child overshares family business with a fellow shopper. The 5-year-old loudly asks innocent questions about the birds and the bees,…
Five Ways to Encourage Your Child to Read
Under typical circumstances, the close of the school year is welcomed by cheers from students and teachers alike as they sprint into the sweaty summer days. This year, the Covid-19…