A Lesson Learned

My little sister’s wedding was Friday night. She was a BEAUTIFUL bride! I am so very happy for my sister and new brother-in-law! The wedding was beautiful and amazing…but not without a few hiccups in between. First of all, the…

I’m convinced that we are under attack. Not physically, politically, or even emotionally. We are under attack spiritually. Who is “we”??? Everyone, really, but especially parents. And how do I know this??? Because the Bible says it: “For our struggle is…

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone This is one of my favorite quotes on motherhood because it so accurately portrays…

With all the royal wedding hype, I can’t help but get swept away in the romance of it all. I, like most women, love to gush at romantic comedies and cry at weddings. But there is one thing that always…

Since reading Crazy Love, Prince Charming and I have been trying to find ways to live intentionally and radically for God. I specifically have been thinking of “big” things I can do…but God seems to keep closing doors on my “big”…

I’ve seen the phrase “It’s All About Me” a few different times this week in a few different settings…first on a piggy bank selling for $2.49 at Walgreens and later on a child’s t-shirt. This phrase literally makes me cringe….

Prince Charming and I just got back from a trip to Miami! He had a week-long management conference for work there (all expenses paid) and I joined him mid-week. The boys stayed the majority of the time with my mom…

Mother Teresa once said, “In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” I’ve been thinking about this quote a lot lately, especially after reading this post. There seems to be something…

I love it when I find a scripture that specifically speaks to me that I don’t recall having ever read before. Here is such a scripture I read this past week: “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast…

 I remember learning about delayed gratification in my educational psychology classes in college and how most young children are simply unable to delay gratification because of their natural stage of development. I decided to do a little experiment with Big…

I’ve never really considered myself a prideful person. But as I was listening to the sermon at our church two Sundays ago, I was suddenly convicted that for most of my life…I have really struggled with pride. I grew up in a…

  I’m knee-deep in my study of Esther. I am loving every minute of it! If you are at all familiar with the story of Esther, you have most likely heard these famous words spoken to her by her cousin, “Perhaps you…

Since Christmas I have just felt yucky. Not sick (though I have had the stomach flu twice), just really down, irritable and extremely exhausted. So much so that I just had blood work done to see if I was anemic…

Sometimes in the throes of disciplining a young child, it is easy to fall into the pattern of simply “punishing” instead of offering positive reinforcement…or at least it is for me. I concentrate so much on getting Big Brother to “obey”…

  I’ve been giddy about God’s word lately. I know it sounds weird and I never pictured myself using those words in the same sentence…and don’t get me wrong, I ALWAYS benefit when I open up my Bible. But this…

I think one of God’s purposes in parenting is to humble us. Though we love our kids to pieces and take so much pride in them, there are also some moments where we feel about 2 inches tall because of…

Sometimes I’m afraid to feel too much. I’m afraid my feelings will lead to drastic changes in my life that take me out of my comfort zone. For this reason, I have decided not to watch The Passion of the…

I’m not the most organized person. I used to be. While teaching, my classroom was always very organized. Everything had a place. Even the kids knew where things went. But now that I am at home, I feel like I…