Several years ago Mark and I were introduced to a great marriage book by Emerson Eggerichs called Love and Respect. This book transformed our thinking in many ways. The book Love and Respect is based upon the Bible verse from Ephesians 5:33 which says,...
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“Think before you speak! Don’t make demands you don’t intend to...
Calling all those who have lived through the newborn stage! What words of wisdom can you share with a new mom and dad who’s little one is so good during the day but has a crying spell of several hours somewhere around midnight each night? Little Rilyn...
A couple of weeks ago I sat in a concert watching my 23-year-old son’s band make beautiful music. I leaned over to the mom sitting next to me (whose son was playing guitar in the band) and said, “Wow, this makes all those music lessons worth it,...
About a month before little Rilyn was born, I spent the weekend with Anne with the goal of helping her finish up the nursery. Once we had everything in it’s place, she looked at the white walls and said, “Mom, we can’t spend a dime making this room look warm and...
When Mark and I found ourselves sitting in a counselor’s office around year 7, we found that we’d made a very big mistake. We’d put our kids before our marriage. We also learned this was no more healthy for our marriage than it was for...
“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much...
While we don’t cook a lot of cookies these days, this recipe is a Savage family favorite! Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Blend together with electric mixer: 1-1/4 c. butter 3/4 c. brown sugar (I used the Splenda brown sugar blend) 1/2 c. sugar 1 egg 1 tsp...
Rilyn Grace McClane7 lbs. 6 ozApril 26, 20101:40pmMother and baby are doing great!
Happy Monday morning! Today should be Marriage Monday, but I’m a little busy today… becoming a Grandma! Anne had a sonogram on Saturday and it showed that her amniotic fluid is too low. They have decided to induce her this morning. ...
Mark and I are excited to be part of the Focus on the Family “Celebrate Family” Tour. We’ll be at the Orlando, Florida, event on Wednesday, May 19. If you live close enough to come to the Orlando event, we’d love to meet you! ...
“How does your husband know you love...
As I shared in Tuesday’s post, we’ve homeschooled off and on over the years. Right now both of my teenagers are attending public school so I’m not on official homeschooling mom. But I still take the education of my kids very...
Today I’ll be joining the discussion on the weekly Focus on the Family live webcast for moms!This time, however, I’ll be doing so from the comfort of my home and the technology of Skype! The topic of the one hour show will be “Family...
