by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 24, 2013 | Faith
It’s March Madness and I’m a Hoosier. Every stereotype about Hoosier Hysteria lives in my hometown, in my own house. I married Mr. MVP, who comes from a family of basketball MVPs. My babygirl received a basketball hoop for her first birthday. No...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 10, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, For Women, Topics
This week, I’ll be speaking in Western Michigan for two women’s groups on Hope Beyond the Picket Fence. I’ll be sharing what I call “my angry mom story.” It’s the hope and truth our family has lived through when the storybook...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 8, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith
“Ouch, that hurts,” I told the physical therapist working on my knee. He was trying to figure out what was stable and what needed to be stretched after last week’s surgery. “We’re going to get you walking,” he said, in a thick...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Feb 18, 2013 | For Women, Parenting
This past week, we had three theater performances, four basketball games, a science fair project, an Aztec pyramid model to make, a major scholarship interview, youth group meetings, a Valentine’s Day party, Valentine’s Day gifts to buy and make for the...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Feb 16, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith
Does it feel like sometimes there’s a big, thick wall surrounding you, isolating you from all that is good on the other side? I call this wall discouragement. I don’t like it. Are you discouraged? What are the bricks in the wall surrounding you today? In...
