by brendayoder | May 19, 2013 | For Women, Parenting
I’m sitting on my porch swing taking in the day I hope will never end. The sun is on its way down to slip behind the trees in an hour or two. The flowers are bright around me and a breeze is on my cheek. The birds are singing, the cattle...
by brendayoder | May 8, 2013 | Parenting
I’m posting at Parents Space today one of my most popular posts on raising girls. If you’ve been reading the blog the last week, you know the challenges and journey I’ve had in raising my girl. Here is a simple list of things I’d do again in...
by Brenda L. Yoder | May 7, 2013 | Faith, Parenting
When my little girl came into the world, like your firstborn, she was all I dreamed of. But God doesn’t prepare us for the challenges of parenting, the things in our children that bring out the worst in us. God gave me a beautiful daughter with passion,...
by Brenda L. Yoder | May 3, 2013 | Faith, Parenting
Today I’m posting an article at Not Alone Mom on the process of releasing our children. Last year at this time, I wrote the following post as my daughter came home from college only to turn around to leave for Guatemala for the summer. I knew in my heart it...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 25, 2013 | Faith
She sat there with a batting glove on her hand. It gave her power in the identity she’s forming. She’s a fighter. Inside is a girl who wants to be something else. I see it in the way she cocks her head and the way her eyes get big when her heart...
