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5 Ways to Show Physical Affection to Your Oldest Child
Learn to be proactive once your child outgrows physical caretaking A few months ago, my five-year-old Samson was taking a shower. He is tall and big for his age. He has white hair, blue eyes, and a...
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5 Short Parenting Stories
5 Short Parenting Stories 1. GAIN PERSPECTIVE Every afternoon I read out loud to Samson, while his two younger sisters are napping. Normally Samson is bouncing off the walls with energy. But when I...
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Stop and Smell Your Children – ENJOY parenting!
One thing I realized, when I was overwhelmed with a baby and a toddler, is that I couldn’t change my circumstances. Every day was chaos. Every day was full of nonstop work. And often working in the...
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Working Out Post-Children
I went running for the first time since having Hannah this week. (Because, what better time to start than at THE BEACH, right?!??) When I was single, I used to run three times a week – even ran a few...
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Why I Believe in Vacationing with Kids
This picture, to me, is what vacations with kids are all about: THE FUN MEMORIES. My dad’s dad – my grandfather – owned several successful businesses in Pine-tree-dotted small town Magnolia, Arkansas....
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Perspective in the little years
During the girls’ naptime, Samson’s imagination and independent play run wild. Today he created an elaborate party, complete with kid snacks at each of our places at our wooden kitchen table, games...
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Esther’s First Ballet Lesson
When I was a tired mother of a baby and a toddler, I enjoyed reading one chapter of the book “Mitten Strings from God” before I went to sleep each night. Her nostalgic, beautifully written stories...
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The Last Summer
The last summer Every Sunday, my husband David and I have a scheduling meeting to go over the week. We often sit down with steaming mugs of coffee to add some comfort to a high-stress meeting. Ha! I...
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The Power of Ordinary Motherhood
What you are doing MATTERS I don’t think you get it, Mom. I don’t think you get it at all. You think what you do each day is ordinary. Wiping bottoms and noses. Tossing a frozen pizza in your oven....
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Finding out we were pregnant with baby #4!
How we found out we were pregnant with baby number four! FINDING OUT “Honey!” I whispered, shaking Dave’s sleeping form in the dark room at 6:45 am. “HONEY! I just took a pregnancy test and there is a...
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Facing Fear when you are a Christian
Facing fear. 13 weeks. That’s when I miscarried our second baby. My husband David and I had gone in for a routine OBGYN visit and ultrasound at week 10. The large black screen mounted on the wall...
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The Value in Writing Thank-you Notes – even as a busy mom!
When I was 12-years-old, I loved stationary and hand-writing thank-you notes. I loved opening my drawer to find the perfect card for the recipient. I had all the time in the world, and had fun trying...
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