Parents Should Rest Well

Monday…Monday… I don’t know about you, but I LOVE Mondays. They are my rest days. After a busy weekend starting around Thursday through Sunday, I make sure that Mondays are made for relaxing, literally laying around and doing little. Let’s say you are a normal M-F workforce employee, I’d suggest creating space for a restful……

Heart after Daughters

I happen to be a mama to four little girls… and then our fifth has broken the chain: we’re having a boy (according to one ultrasound). I trekked to Target for essentials and as I am mom, I typically venture out with my kids and take care of business before the day is over. I……

Taught not Caught

This past Sunday was another bustling day at church with several new families weekly, she came in bringing her little cousin who she says asked about ‘Who is God?’ She said that she doesn’t hear the little cousin and her family talk about God or go to church but only four years old she asked……

Nurture Affection

I’d like to share something about me that’s interesting when it comes to the topic of affection: I am not super warm and cuddly type. I am friendly and love to smile but by nature: physical touch is low on the chart. So… affection. Nurturing and taking in and sharing affection, although each child is……

I Actually Like My Children

At a recent hangout this July, I encountered parents who seemed over the parenting gig. The problem: their children were tiny. I can see feeling this way as your children get into the teen years and the feeling of annoyance here and there but clearly, the philosophy and viewpoint of the parents we encountered was……