by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 15, 2024 | Fledge, Parenting
I checked my phone in the middle of the night. There were only social media and email notifications. Not what I was looking for. What I was looking for was a “Thanks, Mom, I love you,” or at least an “I love you, too” from my older kids no...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 28, 2023 | Fledge, Parenting
In April, our youngest of four children graduated from college. He was a brand-new dad, with a child born to his wife six weeks before. That graduation day, more so than his wedding day or the birth of his son, was a mile marker for me as a mom who started releasing...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 15, 2023 | Fledge, Parenting
The man remarked on my overflowing grocery cart. I carefully maneuvered to the checkout line, hoping something wouldn’t fall off. “I used to do this every week,” I replied matter-of-factly. I’m still thankful I get to grocery shop alone,...
by Cassie | Mar 10, 2023 | Fledge, Parenting, Podcast Episodes
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...
by Brenda L. Yoder | May 5, 2022 | Fledge, Parenting
I fell into bed at night, feeling like my head was pinned against a wall and there was no way out. The next day would be the same—up at 5:30 am, get the babysitter, get the kids to school, teach high schoolers, rush to a volleyball game, help kids with homework, get...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 21, 2020 | Fledge, Parenting
“Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial” I Corinthians 10:23 “You let us figure things out on our own. You didn’t baby us” my nineteen year-old responded when I asked him what things his dad and I did “right” in parenting him and his siblings. My...
