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Wrinkles as Your Wardrobe
There is wisdom in wrinkles. When I was in my mid-thirties, the first wrinkles appeared around my mouth. I noticed them more after waxing the hair above my lips, which were more visible because of the tan I pursued in the summer. How complicated it is to be beautiful,...
Preparing Your Child to Fledge
Whether you realize it or not, simple moments are really significant as you prepare your child to fledge to independence and prepare your heart for an emptying nest.
Caught Between Tired and Tears
Parenting in midlife is the best of times and the worst of times. You live between opposite extremes, often caught between tired and tears. Here’s what it’s like in the fledging season of life.
End of School Year Helps for Moms Episode 16
The end of the school year and start of summer means life is going to get crazy...CRAZIER!! Do you ever wonder how you're going to make it?? Parenting is a really hard job. Juggling multiple schedules, emotions, and everything else pull at you from all sides and leave...
When God Asks You to Dig a Ditch
God wants to meet our needs. He invites us to participate by digging ditches of prayer. Learn how to join God in a simple prayer practice.
How an Heirloom Quilt Stitched Me Together
Not without design does God make the music of our lives. John Ruskin Saver of Things On December 31, 2022, I finished up the last stitch on an heirloom quilt I've worked on since April 2020 during the pandemic shutdown. It is for our first grandchild. The heirloom...
5 Tips to Battle Cultural Assimilation
How much do you participate in culture assimilation as a Christian?
The First Frost and Why Beauty and Sadness Coexist
Beauty and sadness can coexist, and sometimes we need a sabbatical to find out what we need to thrive in seasons of loss.
Guarding A Child’s Heart on Halloween {and Beyond}
Is celebrating Halloween okay? What about the creepy decorations? Here are 10 principles to consider for God’s call to guard your child’s heart.
When Your World Crashes In
We were at a movie theater when a phone call changed the trajectory of our evening. One of those phone calls when the world seems to crash in around you, and the only choice you have at the moment is to sink or swim. Have you received those phone calls, the doctor's...
10 Ways Parents Sin by Idolizing Children
Do you put your kids, their success, and desires above God? God wants us to love Him more than our kids. These questions assess whom you worship more.
When Did Things Get Complicated? 4 Ways to Simply Your Life
Life is complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. Learn four immediate strategies to simply your life without changing your lifestyle.