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Advice From The World’s Worst Potty Trainer
I’m the world’s worst potty trainer. There, I said it. After walking the grueling journey with three kids, I can say with certainty that I’ve won this prize. I can also say with certainty that God used...
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How I Found Five Extra Hours Each Week and What I Plan To Do With Them
I’m busy 170 out of 168 hours per week. That was my result from a Time Assessment Test I took while we were on vacation. And while it is obviously “off” just a bit, it is an accurate reflection of how...
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The Bible Verse Every Family Should Memorize
In the fall of 2014, I asked our daughter to get the mail. She came back from the mail box with a pile of junk, including several catalogs. One of the catalogs was filled with Halloween costumes and...
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What Will Your Back-To-School Prayer For Your Children Be?
Father God, It’s hard for me to accept the fact that the sun has set on another summer of motherhood, and school is back in session. How can this be? It feels like only yesterday, we were driving away...
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Why We Make Our Kids Buy Their Own Things And How It’s Paying Off
We are three-days deep into the new school year, and this conversation has already taken place: Me: “Where’s the ice pack I put in your lunch this morning?” Child: “What ice pack? You didn’t put an ice...
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How God Dealt With Me On The Way Home From the E.R.
Getting out of town can be a real pain in the “donkey”. (If you know what I mean.) But because we have some “masochist” tendencies between Kory and me, this summer, we decided to make it extra fun by...
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How Will You Spend The First Five Minutes Of Your Family’s Day? (Family...
Remember that classic children’s sermon about putting God first? You know. The one where the children’s minister uses sand to represent the unimportant things in our life. She uses small golf balls to...
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Living In The Fog: Three Ways To Live Well When Life Has You Wandering
I looked at the clock. It was 6:00 a.m. I thought about going back to sleep. My eyelids were heavy, my body was relaxed, and I knew more sleep would come. If I would let it. It was peaceful in the...
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Six Conversation Starters For Family Mealtime
School is back in session. And if you read my back-to-school post, then you know how I feel about it. It’s a mixed bag. For our family, a new school year brings a whole host of exciting things. My kids...
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I Love My Kids But I Want To Vacation Without Them
I didn’t realize it had been too long since Kory and I traveled alone, until we kissed the precious cheeks of our three kids, said goodbye, and walked out the door without them on August 6. It was the...
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Why Conquering Fear Is A Bit Like Groundhog Day
This time last year, I wrote a post about the incredible transformation we were seeing in our oldest son as a result of scripture memorization. He was fearful. About a lot of things. And we were...
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When I Say “Never” But God Says “Now”
I suppose I’m a really slow learner. Because I did it again. I said I’d “never” do something. (If you don’t know the “back story” on my gift for bringing things to pass simply by saying “never,” you...
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What Happens When We Ignore The Warning Signs
It was pitch black in my hotel room. And I was in that space between asleep and awake. Do you know the place I’m talking about? Where you can certainly hear things, but you aren’t sure whether they’re...
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Why Won’t My Boys Follow Their Sister’s Lead?
Have you ever wondered how to enlist your oldest children to help with the needs of their younger siblings without causing an episode of sibling conflict in the process? I have. You see, we have three...
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What I Learned About Parenting On The Hiking Trail
When our oldest was two, Kory and I set out on our first big vacation without her. A ten-day trip to Hawaii, visiting the islands of Oahu, Maui, and Kauai. We loved each leg of our adventure, but we...
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Why Living In A Rude Culture Is An Opportunity
Recently, I wrote about the trip Kory and I took to Santa Barbara to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary.While we were there, we had the privilege of spending a Sunday afternoon as “VIPs” at the...
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Do You Need Space To Deal With A Pot Hole Today?
I have to admit that I’ve been pretty proud of myself since I came home from the writer’s conference I attended in late July. Because at that conference, I made a commitment to God and myself that I...
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The Sunday Stew: Tomato Basil Soup
In May, Kory and I decided to take the plunge on a massive dietary overhaul called Whole30. We took the Whole30 Challenge between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, and it’s changed our lives. We’ve...
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What The Contents Of My Purse Taught Me About My Life
Over the years, I’ve gone round and round with my style when it comes to purses. At fourteen, it was the duffel. Everybody had one, and I loved to carry mine (Esprit brand), dangling from the crook in...
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Why I Need To Be More Like A Venti
This summer, I attended an out-of-town women’s writers conference. Four nights in a hotel room by myself and days filled spending time with a friend I don’t see often, learning about the craft of...
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