A couple of weeks ago I sat in a concert watching my 23-year-old son’s band make beautiful music. I leaned over to the mom sitting next to me (whose son was playing guitar in the band) and said, “Wow, this makes all those music lessons worth it,...
As I shared in Tuesday’s post, we’ve homeschooled off and on over the years. Right now both of my teenagers are attending public school so I’m not on official homeschooling mom. But I still take the education of my kids very...
I’m often asked by other moms about our school choices with our kids. There’s no easy answer to that question because we’ve done it all: homeschool, public school, private school and even lab school (here in our community Illinois State...
Money Management for Kidsby Jill SavageEvery child has their own financial personality. Three of our children are savers. Two are spenders. Of course, they take after both my husband and me, who sit at opposite ends of the spending/saving spectrum ourselves.Regardless...
So after school today one of my son’s friends told him that I was the coolest mom ever. Why? Because I didn’t get mad when Austin somewhat inconvenienced me.Now I can tell you that there have been many times that I didn’t handle that kind...
It’s Day 2 of the Real Moms…Real Jesus Discussion on the Focus on the Family Radio Program. I so enjoyed my time with Dr. Kevin Leman (left) and John Fuller (right) for this radio program! If you are a mom, tell your friends about this...
So tonight we had a discipline issue at our house. After getting in trouble, Boy #1 said something about his brother to the effect of, “He never gets in trouble for doing this, but I always do.” Now we often have trouble with Boy #1 with this...
It’s Spring Break season…If you are not planning on making a trip to some warm, tropical getaway during the week of Spring Break, think about some of the things you’ve been wanting to take the time to teach the kids. Consider also some of the places...
I’ve had the privilege of getting to know a wonderful mom from Minnesota. Susie Larson first spoke at a Hearts at Home conference several years ago. We connected as speakers first, but quickly found out that we had alot in common as moms.Susie has...
Last weekend was the first time I ever went shopping for an outfit to wear for the upcoming Hearts at Home conference without having one of my daughters weigh in on the decision. Two weeks ago we moved Erica down to Augusta, Georgia, to be near Kendall at Ft....
Dear Kolya,Sixteen years ago today a mother labored to bring you into this world. She knew she didn’t have the ability to raise you, but she lovingly gave you life. She didn’t know what your life would look like.But God knew.Sixteen years ago...
Occasionally I run across a post on another blog that I just absolutely have to share. Please click here and read Missy’s words in a post titled “I Don’t Want My Children To Be Happy.” I couldn’t have said it any better. ...
Lst weekend a friend told me about a Christian movie that came out that many youth groups were going to. I hadn’t heard anything about it at all, but over the past week I heard more and more about this effective piece of media.Yesterday Mark and I decided...
I’ve got some upcoming speaking engagements…and I just might be coming to your area! Each of these are open to the public.Note the Feb 6 parenting event….if you’ve ever wanted your husband to experience a little bit of Hearts at Home, or...
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