Q & A Day: What books have you used to teach your kids about sex?

Dear Jill, I have been reading the Bill and Pam Farrel’s book 10 Questions Kids Ask about Sex, after you featured it on your blog a while back. I have 4 boys ages 8, 6, 4, and 2. I know we have needed to have this talk for a while. My emotions on this are all...

A New Support Resource for Adoptive Parents of Children with RAD

As I’ve shared over the past few weeks about our mental health journey with our adopted son, the emails and Facebook messages have been pouring in.  Obviously Mark and I are not alone in what we’re walking through. Moms need to be with other moms who...

Five Ways to Build a Relationship with Your Teen

Brenda Garrison is an enthusiastic and authentic speaker and author.  She encourages women in all stages of life but especially moms — encouraging them by keeping it real and based on God’s Word.  Brenda speaks at retreats, workshops, professional groups, and...

What does your summer routine look like?

Last week the Savage family spent 8 days in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.  It was a much-needed break.  We sat on the beach, sat by the pool, sat on the beach, and sat by the pool some more.  Yeah, we’re rather boring on vacation.  We do NOTHING and love every...

Q&A Wednesday: Help! My child has a sense of entitlement

Dear Jill, I have a question for you. I have 3 children. My middle child (age 8) has a sense of entitlement. I’m not exactly certain how this happened, since our oldest has not shown issues with this. I am a social worker and have always talked to my kids about...

When the Going Gets Tough

Today’s guest post is from Carla Link. Carla and her husband, Joey have served with an international parenting ministry for over 20 years and Carla’s degree is in social work. Joey and Carla have written a book that has just been published titled, “Why Can’t I Get My...

Third Thursday Blog Hop: No More Perfect Days

Today is our Third Thursday Blog Hop where you get to interact with other mom bloggers who are discussing the topic of the day: No More Perfect Days.  As a mom, I like to have my ducks in a row. However, it seems that my ducks more often like to waddle in a different...

Embracing The Imperfections of Real Life Motherhood–Day 2

Yesterday and today I’m partnering with Focus on the Family to bring you two 30 minute radio programs of encouragement! If you missed yesterday’s program, you can listen to part one HERE.  Today you can listen to part two of our discussion! If you’re...

Embracing The Imperfections of Real-Life Motherhood

Today and tomorrow I’m partnering with Focus on the Family to bring you two 30 minute radio programs of encouragement! You can listen to part one online HERE. If you’re dropping by from the Focus on the Family website, welcome!  So glad you’ve joined...

Happy Mother’s Day!

This video made me smile!  I hope it makes you smile, too!   Happy Mother’s Day to all of you wonderful moms! (If you my posts by email, click here to watch the video.)

The Heart of the Matter

Today’s guest post comes to us from Tina Hollenbeck who serves with Dr. Kathy Koch at Celebrate Kids.  With Mother’s Day right around the corner, I believe Tina’s post captures the heart of every mom. ...

A Community of Resources

I had the privilege of spending the weekend with 200 of the most wonderful women of Crossline Church in California.  They titled their weekend women’s retreat “No More Ms. Perfect,” and we dug into the “No More Perfect…” message all...

More resources for teens and parents of teens

Last week I shared some resources for teen girls. In response to that post, my friend and fellow author and speaker, Carla Link, shared some more books for teens and parents of teens that I wanted to share with you. God’s Gift to Women by Eric Ludy (Eric and his wife...

No More Perfect Bodies

Today’s guest post is from Patty Maier.     There are no perfect bodies. But I once thought there were. And I knew I didn’t have one. Fat Pat was one of my nicknames growing up. I didn’t look like the women in the magazines on our coffee table. I was...