Dear Jill, I’m needing wisdom in dealing with my teenage daughter. I’m going through a divorce. It saddens my heart that my soon to be ex isn’t wanting to be a dad. This is causing my daughter to struggle with her depression and the choices...
Today is another Focus on the Family broadcast day! Today I’m talking with Jim Daly about how to make your home an emotionally safe place to be based upon the My Heart’s at Home book! You can catch the broadcast on your local Christian radio station...
“Big changes always start with small decisions.” ~Justin and Trisha Davis
It’s September and that means that my speaking season kicks back in gear! I love the summer months where the pace slows down, but I love to jump back into being face to face with moms in the trenches. I have a Chicagoland speaking tour coming up that launches my...
“There will be so many times you feel like you’v failed, but in the eyes, heart and mind of a child you are super mom.” ~Stephanie Precourt
Today’s guest post is from Jerusha Clark. Jerusha is a speaker at our 2014 Hearts at Home conferences including the upcoming North Central Hearts at Home Conference November 7-8! She’s the bestselling author or co-author of ten books, including Every...
18 years ago today, I had the best night’s sleep of my whole pregnancy. It had been hard to be in the last month of pregnancy during the hot month of August so I was grateful for an unexpected night of solid sleep. I opened my eyes at 6am Sunday morning and knew...
“Negative thinking is one of the major risk factors that determines whether or not a marriage even survives” ~Greg Smalley
Love. Your. Failures. Those 3 words seem odd to say. Why would we ever love our failures? How could we even begin to put the word “love” and “failures” in the same sentence? The only way we can ever do that is if we can see some benefit in...
As you read this today, and listen to Day 3 of the No More Perfect Kids Focus on the Family broadcast, Mark and I will be moving our youngest son into his dorm at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. There’s a mix of emotions churning inside of me. I’m happy...
