Did you all know that my 12-year-old son is the ONLY kid in seventh grade who doesn’t have his own phone? Well at least that’s what he just told me. Honestly, when picking him up after a school basketball game last week, my husband told me that every kid...
Today I’m in Vancouver, Washington preparing to speak at a fundraiser for Christian Family adoptions on Saturday evening. I’m excited to meet some wonderful people and share my vision and passion about adoption. Sunday I’ll travel to Colorado...
The illusions of childhood are necessary experiences. A child should not be denied a balloon because an adult knows that sooner or later it will burst. ~Marcelene Cox
Tuesday night my boys and I worked together to fill three shoeboxes to send to Operation Christmas Child. I want this Christmas to be about giving more than any others, because I think it’s important for those of us who have so much to share with those who have...
Every other week I do what I call my “Quiet Day.” It’s a day that I go somewhere away from the house just to have time talking with God and reading his word. I also love to use different resources that help me examine my heart, my motives, and my...
I want to share with you today about an upcoming webcast I’m going to be participating in! 2009 will be a year that Hearts at Home will test the waters with some webcasting so we can provide encouragement to moms year-round and reach women all over the...
I’m writing this post from a hotel room in Columbia, Missouri. I traveled here today with four teenagers…what was I thinking?Four weeks ago, our 17-year-old daughter, Erica, told me that she and her friend Elizabeth wanted to give their boyfriends an early...
A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child. ~Author...
Today I just found joy in the simple, yet diverse tasks of mothering. There was the usual laundry, making dinner, and checking homework. But today it was two of my older kids that needed my encouragement and time.After making new curtains for her bedroom this weekend...
It’s Hearts at Home weekend in Minnesota! We have over 2,000 moms registered and walk-in registration is still available. For those of you who can’t join us at a conference, I’m bringing a little bit of Hearts to you today.This video is from our 2008...
