Wow, cool news! My daughters and I were contracted to write another book together! How cool is that? This particular book is the follow-up to Girl Talk, which released almost two years ago. This one is a lot like the first in that readers write in with their questions, and my daughters and I answer them. [...]

If you’ve ever had a toddler, you’ve lived in the world of questions without answers. Why is my hair curly? Why is the house square? Why are you making that for dinner? Why do I have to wear clothes? Why am I a boy? Why are there rocks? How big is the sky? And all the other why, [...]

Have you ever fallen prey to one of those crash diets to lose a few pounds? Have you ever been tempted to pick up that diet pill in the pharmacy that promises to melt away cellulite? How about send away for the newest craze in exercise DVD’s  that promises to shape and tone your body- [...]

If you are a work at home mom I know there are times where your children are there and you need to figure out a way to work efficiently, but remain engaged with the precious ones God has given you to invest in daily. As moms we recognize being an involved and engaged mom does [...]

It’s like a scene out of a horror film. You’re chanting, “Don’t go into that room, don’t go into that room!” You know you’ll open the door anyway (because you must), and you know the scary, discordant music will chop out its eerie rhythm as soon as your eyes take in the disarray on the [...]

One of my children has a friend who is going through a difficult time spiritually.  They are not so much questioning the beliefs they grew up with as they are rebelling against them and choosing to say things that are disturbing. My initial response was to wonder whether I should limit the time my child [...]

I know, I know. Easter Day is past. If you caught my post a couple of weeks ago, you may be wondering if my sense of time is a little off-kilter.  And then again, maybe I’m right on schedule… We put away holidays. When Christmas is over, we pack up the decorations and throw out [...]

I am a new runner. Well, maybe that is a little grandiose. I ran a 5K last fall, and the owner of a shoe store said that made me a “runner”. I look nothing of the sort, I don’t like running, but I miss it if I don’t run…I’m a confused jogger on a good [...]

A harvest post during planting season?  Shouldn’t we be focusing on sowing instead of reaping? I thought the timing a bit strange myself when the Lord injected this topic into my thoughts.  Nonetheless, it’s time to spring into the matter! The story in Matthew 9 is familiar. Even after Jesus spent all day “teaching in their synagogues, [...]

I had just finished laying out how we were going to handle grades for next quarter…along with the incentives and consequences that would go along with those grades. “I’m not going to participate in that,” my daughter said. She didn’t say it unkindly; she just didn’t agree with me. I see this daughter of mine [...]

I’m going to be honest about my priority list. I know there are some misplaced priorities on this list—namely my poor husband. So, I’m not saying this is how it should be, but this is how it feels for me sometimes in order priority:   Sick kids The youngest kid on the way up to [...]

I’ve decided that long before there was a show called Hoarders, I grew up in such an existence. Granted, the main floor of our house looked pretty “normal”, but in the basement there lurked boxes and file cabinets and nooks and crannies stuffed with paper products. I’m not sure if it was because my mother [...]

The snow globe was beyond broken. It was shattered and ruined. The sparkly water was soaking the carpet, the prancing carousel horse was knocked off its pedestal, the glass orb beyond repair.  Fearing the consequences, the child concealed the ruin with a blanket. Have you ever been there? Laying in pieces, helpless and hopeless. Thinking [...]

Every day, I am watching my children’s naiveté be stripped away from them, and it’s heart-breaking. They recently had to learn that sometimes people you care about will lie to you. They’ve also seen that not everyone will come clean, even when given the opportunity. My kids are in a long season of learning what [...]

Does working at home mean you have to actually be at home? Good grief, I sure hope not! I get my best work done when I’m sitting at a coffee shop. There’s something inspiring about watching people mingle, smelling the coffee, listening to the conversations happening around me, and most importantly, knowing that not a [...]

Have you ever marveled at the vast differences in your children? Like- how can children- four in my case, share real estate in the same womb, and come out so completely different? They share parents and genes- they have ten fingers and ten toes each- but they are completely unique works of art. And tell [...]

We’ve heard from moms of the Bible like Leah and Noah’s wife and found within their words stories very similar to our own. This time, we’re getting a letter from a biblical character who knows firsthand the cost of absolute obedience to the Lord, the heartache of unreciprocated love, and the devastating consequences of unfaithfulness. [...]

Going through a divorce with children in tow can either sink you – which it has at times – or it can give you a plethora of lessons to pass along – which it so totally has.  And though there are a thousand things I want to teach my children and so much I still [...]

Failure. As a practicing perfectionist, that “F” word makes me squirm. I seldom include it in my vocabulary. (In fact, this post will be a record in my usage of the “F” word in one setting.) I take preventative measures against it. I hate to fail. Can you identify? Do you fear the rejection or [...]

No, we aren’t going to talk about New Year’s resolutions, though this is definitely the season to be making them—or perhaps already failing at them. Instead, we’re going to peek at three broad areas where you can make subtle changes in your work-at-home experience that will have a huge impact on you, your business, and [...]