I sat in the congregation recently, awaiting the bride’s entrance, when it struck me – somewhere I crossed a line. Without even knowing, I walked right over it and was on the other side. You know those lines in life, the ones you don’t really see … [Read more...] about Why I’m Already Preparing my Little Girls for Marriage
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One Simple Trick That Can Make a Huge Difference in Your Marriage
Three years ago my husband and I built a house and moved our family to the country. It was a beautiful experience with a reveal something like that off an HGTV television show. Actually, it was nothing like that. Not even close. Our previous … [Read more...] about One Simple Trick That Can Make a Huge Difference in Your Marriage
Why Bravery Takes a Little Tunnel Vision
“Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important. “ ~C.S. Lewis I love this quote. I used it as an intro to a discussion I led at a … [Read more...] about Why Bravery Takes a Little Tunnel Vision
Identity Crisis: How to Help Your Children Know Their Worth
The world tells our children who they are and who they are not, in a hurry. It begins as early as the playground, the basketball team, the classroom. It crushes harder with social media and magazines. They become teens and then adults who struggle … [Read more...] about Identity Crisis: How to Help Your Children Know Their Worth
Hope for Messy Relationships…and a little something new.
Mom, why does water fall as drops? Why doesn’t the air pressure change the shape into something else . . . or break the shape apart? It’s not even 8 am and my 10-year-old is asking me to unearth knowledge from the dark and dusty places in my … [Read more...] about Hope for Messy Relationships…and a little something new.
Why Do We Lose Our Wonder? What We Can Learn From Our Children
My 5 year old is known to bust out her ballet any time notes even remotely related to classical music waft through our house. Sometimes the notes are only in her head. Oblivious to the rest of the world she spins and she … [Read more...] about Why Do We Lose Our Wonder? What We Can Learn From Our Children
