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...
Today is Day 2 of the No More Perfect Kids Focus on the Family radio broadcast. You can listen online, download the podcast, or catch the program on your local Christian radio station. Listening to these broadcasts is a great way for you and your spouse to be on the...
Welcome Focus on the Family listeners! If you’ve dropped by here for the first time, please take a minute to introduce yourself! If you need some regular encouragement as a parent, I invite you to subscribe to receive my posts by email. That will also get you...
“Love is a way of thinking. Love is a way of behaving. Love is a choice.” ~Gary Chapman
It’s that time of the year again. No matter whether you homeschool or send your kids to private or public school, the influx of papers has begun! I’ve spent over 25 years managing school papers. Some years I fared better than others. Some strategies worked...
Last week my daughter was at the grocery store with her two-year-old daughter. Erica had been battling Marie to stay seated in the cart. Determined to win this battle, Erica stopped in the middle of one the aisles and re-seated Marie once again. When she turned her...
Many years ago I discovered something that transformed the saving habits of our family: online savings accounts. Initially I was drawn to the accounts because their interest rates were better than any brick and mortar bank. However, now I’m sold on them because...
