I hope you’ll enjoy this post, which first appeared on TrueWoman.com, a ministry of Revive Our Hearts. There once lived three women, whom the Maker chose to bless with motherhood. He entrusted the first mother with five children, the second mother with two...
I feel like I spent my kids’ whole childhoods getting them prepared for college. I was constantly saying things like, “In college, I won’t be there to remind you to do your homework…” and, “Your college roommate won’t like it when you borrow her clothes without...
A re-post from last year: My son, Cole, was mesmerized by fish as a child. So, to surprise him on his fifth birthday, I bought a one-gallon fish tank. A few hours before his party, I sent my husband to fetch a resident for the tank, and he came back with, “Goldfish.”...
Whatever becomes “normal” at home is what our kids will take with them into life. Is it normal to stomp off and slam doors? Is it normal to give the silence treatment? Is it normal to run greet whoever just got home? As moms, we play a vital role in laying...
By: Shannon Popkin, published on the True Woman blog: “Sit down so I can comb your hair.” “Don’t touch the pretties.” “Stay in your bed till Mommy comes to get you.” These are things I said repeatedly to my children when they...
She snuggles into her mom’s lap and says, “Read my fabrit story, Mommy!” Grasped in her chubby hands is the tale of Hansel and Gretal. You know–the story about a brother and sister, captured by an evil witch in a candy house, who wants to...