It's my little boy's nap time which also means its my time with Jesus. All is well, and I curl up into my bed, propping myself up on the large, husband pillow I used to nurse and cuddle four babes with over the last nine...
My kids love it when I read them the story of how God created the world. I love reading how in each aspect of creation, God looked at his work and declared it "good." I like to think about this when I consider the work...
My struggle with perfectionism began in my late teen years. I am a type-A personality and long for excellence in everything I do. And yet, I found myself in high school being on the B-string for sports and making above average (but not perfect) grades. High...
We as humans aspire to a lot of things - to make a difference in the world, to experience success or gain fortune, to be productive and fruitful in our spheres of work and daily living. Our aspirations (or the synonym "ambitions") can be positive...
Dear Ba-Bees (Translation = What my son calls his pacifiers), Today we said goodbye to you all. I was told that some really amazing parents out there have tied you all to helium balloons and watched you fly up into the sky in a seemingly majestic...
It's a fact: Smartphones have changed life as we know it. With the world at our fingertips, we can access email, do online banking, utilize maps, search engines, and social media at any moment of the day. For the large majority of us, our smartphones never...
As a teenager, I remember when my father would read a short devotional to me and my brother in the morning before we left for school. He wisely sought to lead our family spiritually and fill our minds and hearts with God's Word before we...
Recently my two and a half year old son has really gotten into read-aloud time. Whenever we are at home, he runs to the bookshelf, grabs a book and chooses a member of the family to read to him. Given that there are five people...
It has been a hard day. My toddler dumped out an entire container of baking powder with a whole bag of coffee grounds and created his own special "$8 art project" on my kitchen counter. While I was cleaning up this mess and mourning the...
"Mommy, did you see me?" my nine year old daughter asked expectantly as she ran up the stairs after her gymnastics class. She has been working hard on perfecting her back walk-over and wanted to know if I saw that today she had finally nailed...