“When you feel you’re “drowning” in life’s situations, don’t worry. Your lifeguard walks on water.” ~Anonymous
Today’s guest post is from Michele Cushatt. Michele is an author and popular Hearts at Home speaker. Michele, her husband Troy, their three teenage boys, and three 5-year-olds they currently have guardianship of, make their home in Colorado. For more information...
I received a Facebook message last week from a mom who has a friend going through a tough time. Her friend’s husband had an affair, had separated from her, and now she weathering a crisis she didn’t see coming. She wrote me because she knew I’d been...
” Our children are not going to be just “our children” – they are going to be other people’s husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren.” ~ Mary S. Calderone
Today’s guest post is by Kathy Koch, Ph.D., the Founder and President of Celebrate Kids, Inc., of Fort Worth, TX. Dr. Koch is a favorite Hearts at Home workshop speaker whose wit and wisdom brings such encouragement and direction to moms in the trenches. I...
” A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, and it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking.” ~ Helen Steiner Rice
I love the change of pace in the summer. Sure for some families, baseball and swim team kicks in so there are games to watch and meets to attend. That used to be our summer when the boys were younger, but not so much anymore. Here at the Savage household we do a lot...
Today’s guest post is by Terri Weeks and Laura Hoevener, family travel authors from Cincinnati, Ohio. They are the authors of Adventures Around Cincinnati: A Parent’s Guide to Unique and Memorable Places to Explore With Your Kids (www.adventuresaroundcincinnati.com)...
“The goal when parenting with your husband is not to think alike, but together.” ~Jan Kwasigroh
My husband is home! So many of you have been lifting us up in prayer since my post in early February. I am humbled at the people God has raised up to pray for us for the past 4 months. If you have been among them, I want to thank you. Your encouragement, support,...
Yesterday, I received this question on Facebook from a mom: Summer got here before I was ready. I have not come up with a plan for how to entertain my 5,4 and 2 year old and I am exhausted with #4 growing inside. I really need a Hearts at Home reboot plan! I want to...
I recently ran into a friend who has two little ones. She was trying to potty train child number one and was finding herself very frustrated. I remember trying to potty train child number one at the age of 2 (child number two came along when she was 27 months old and...
This past weekend I got a lot of little jobs done: a flower bed weeded, a closet cleaned out, a bathroom drawer organized. Often when I see those things, I tell myself, “I need to do that one day.” This weekend, I made a list of them as I found them. When...
“A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.” ~Frances Ward Weller
Years ago, I remember reading the book Sacred Marriage, by Gary Thomas. Thomas asked this provocative question: What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy? Think about that for a minute. Marriage is beautiful and blesses us in so many...
