Several months ago, on one of my blog giveaways, I gave away two Hearts at Home conference registrations. One of the moms who won the giveaway attended the Colorado conference a week and a half ago. After meeting her at the conference, I asked her to share her...
On Monday I issued us a challenge to get moving. Debbie asked for some creative ways to fit exercise into a busy life so that’s what I thought we’d talk about today. Last year our “living with less” journey required us to drop our fitness center...
Change is good…and today I’m starting a new type of post. On Motivation Monday, I hope to pose a challenge that motivates both you and I to do the right thing that day (and hopefully days to come!) Today’s Motivation Monday challenge is this: Move...
I remember when Mark and I took a parenting class and learned about expecting first time obedience from our kids. Our habit, up to that point, had been to count to three, or to threaten, or to get angry. Now we had a different vision for our family and for discipline...
I need to start off today by apologizing for the “technical part” of yesterday’s post. I don’t know why, but much of the punctuation was gone when it went live and the link didn’t work! So weird! I was visiting Matt, Anne, and Rilyn...
Last Friday, our school let out early to celebrate Homecoming. My boys came home and Austin announced that he’d like to go to the Homecoming parade. I told him that if he wanted to go, I’d go with him. To that he promptly replied, “Mom, I dont want...
Welcome Focus on the Family and Family Life listeners. I have the privilege of being featured on both programs today! The Family Life program runs for three days. It’s a conversation with Dennis Rainey and Bob Lepine about Living With Less So Your Family Has...
“Will you miss me when I move next week, Mom?” Erica asked me the first week of August. “Oh my goodness, I will miss you so much,” I responded. “Did you miss me the first time I moved away, Mom? Long...
My baby turns 15 today! It’s hard to believe that my youngest is a sophomore taking Driver’s Education! When he was a preschooler he used to say the funniest things like calling a flyswatter a “bug got it” (I guess because I would swat a fly...
I’m currently taking a three week break from daily blogging in order to focus on my family, move our daughter to Texas, and get my two teenagers back to school. I’ll start actively blogging again on Aug 22. In the meantime, I’m posting some of my...
It was several years ago that I had the opportunity to meet Ryan Dobson. Ryan is Jim Dobson’s son–that’s Jim Dobson of Focus on the Family. I’ve listened to Focus on the Family radio for years and felt mentored by Dr. Dobson as a parent over...
Every child has a limited perspective of the world. It’s our job as moms to help expand their knowledge of the world and to introduce them not only to other cultures, but also the reality that others do not have the same level of lifestyle that most of us do....
This week I get the pleasure of loving on my almost 15-month-old granddaughter, Rilyn. Her mommy and daddy are on mission trips (Dad took the Senior High to the Dominican Republic and Mom took the Junior High to inner city St. Louis–oh the joys of youth...
One of my strengths is that I’m a realist. One of my weaknesses is that I’m a realist. When it comes to decision-making, I gather facts, weigh the options, and think through the best options. My emotions rarely affect my thoughts about what is real and in...
Ten days ago, our son Evan texted us and asked if we would be interested in having an exchange student in July. He said a pastor he knew had contacted him trying to place a young man in a home for a month. This church in our community sponsors 7 students from the...
