Just when you think you’ve found a rhythm, something changes. You adjust to your child’s nap routine, then he drops a nap. You finally develop a system that works while the with the parent’s day out schedule and then spring break happens. I’m not so sure that we’re supposed to be comfortable. Between kids and [...]
I just stumbled across a funny editorial in The Washington Post, of all places. “OK, so only my husband voluntarily CHOSE to live with me…the other three, and the dog, I either made or bought, so I try to give them a break. After all, with me as a mom, sometimes it’s like being given [...]
by Elise Klepatz “Let us therefore strive (labor) to enter that rest…” Hebrews 4:11 Sounds like a paradox, doesn’t it? If you’re laboring you’re not at rest, right? Well, the kind of laboring I’m talking about here certainly isn’t childbirth! This kind of labor involves renewing your mind to the truth of the gospel. It involves taking [...]
I’m in the process of writing a snarky post about the trials of motherhood. I just can’t get the wording right. Sometimes words just spew out like vomit (TMI? I know). Sometimes the words flow like a river. And sometimes the words get dumped out like a 10,000 piece lego set, and know it’s my [...]
As Valentine’s Day approaches I can’t help but reminisce on my first Valentine’s Day with my husband after we got married. My then 20-year-old Prince Charming had gone to the grocery store the evening of February 13 to secure a gift of romance for his new bride. When it came time to open our gifts, mine was still [...]
Using this calendar will allow you to pray thirty-one different biblical virtues into your children. Use it as a guide each month, combining some of the traits for months which do not have 31 days. Claim and believe that God is working each one of these virtues into your children’s lives. 1. Salvation: Lord I [...]
So… it’s been a while since I blogged on the book of Acts. I would like to say that I’ve spent the last 4 months studying these verse to come up with something incredible, but that would be a big fat lie. Read Acts 6:1-7 and join me back here. The church has been growing [...]
I can’t control myself. You know who’s fault it is? Netflix. Apple. Oh! And especially Al Gore’s for inventing the internet. We can download a movie before it’s even made. The latest phone has only been out 4 hours and we are already wondering what the next model will do. Maybe the next model will [...]
Christmas is loud. Everything is decorated. Your minivan has a wreath on the front and you put antlers on your husbands truck.. but not REAL antlers; you’d NEVER kill a deer! You used the cute stuffed antlers from the $20 car decorating kit at the drugstore. All of the stores have the fake snow spray [...]
A few months ago I wrote an article entitled “Top Ten Lies Satan Tells About Marriage”(which pretty much consisted of the list and no explanation), and I intended to write again soon to tell why each lie made the cut. Now I am finally writing again, though my 10-month-old has begun a fun little game [...]
I remember a time when I would have described myself as a private person. I also remember a time when I could go to the restroom without announcing “I have to go pee pee”… and then have a little person (who, by the way, only speaks at a level right below a police siren) give [...]
by Allison Becker My boy stinks sometimes. Actually a lot. Most of the time when I pick him up from school, he has dirt on his face or at least some part of his body. I’ve noticed my husband is the same way. His boots always have mud on them. His hands leave smudges on the [...]
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