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...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 4, 2020 | Faith, Parenting, Podcast Episodes
Ingrid and Brenda talk today about their top three tips for family life. Between them, they have over sixty years of parenting, and almost the same years of marriage, and experience Ingrid has being a single mom. In this episode, they share some of the most important...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jul 15, 2020 | Faith, Parenting
Mom fear is a term I labeled in a recent broadcast in the Fledge Parent Facebook Forum. The enemy of God doesn’t want us talking about it. The video was accidentally deleted after it went live, and my phone overheated as I tried to record a recap. (Here’s...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 10, 2020 | Encouragement, Faith, Fledge, For Women, Life, Parenting
The highway in front of our house is awkwardly quiet, along with our small tourist town of Shipshewana, Indiana. Like the rest of the world, we are staying at home. Creating a new normal. And turning to God. I hope you are also turning to God in our unprecedented...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 25, 2020 | Encouragement, Parenting, Podcast Episodes
The last few weeks have been tough waters to navigate, friends! Please let us know how we can pray for you during the Stay at Home COVID 19 crisis! We continue with our series Valuing Motherhood during this time to bring encouragement, support, and some normalcy to...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 10, 2020 | Encouragement, Faith, Parenting, Podcast Episodes
Motherhood. Whew, it’s a lot. Click To Tweet We could make lists upon lists of everything a mom does and all the various obstacles she faces throughout her day. We could talk for weeks about all the messages she receives from social media that say she...