A young mom recently told me about the day her three-year-old had been playing with his cousins. A report came to the moms that he had hit one of his cousins, so she called him to her side and said, “Honey, we don’t hit our cousins. We have to be...
My friend, Amy, struggles with fear. Especially fear of something happening to her kids. She used to be convinced that if something life-threatening ever endangered one of her kids, she would go into a fetal position in the corner and never come out.But when I talked...
Once, when my daughter Lindsay was two, my mom was taking care of her and was out running some errands. With Lindsay on her hip, Mom ran into a store to pick up an order. When the sales lady asked for her name, Mom said, “It’s Judie.”Two-year-old...
Halloween is the time of year my boys dress up like a Cowboy and Zorro and pose with their weapons pointed at each other, big smiles on their faces, so I can take pictures. Even my daughter, who is in high school still dresses up and goes out with her friends to...
I wrote this ‘Holy30’ devotional for Beyond Bathtime. Learn more about Holy30 here.When I was in college, I was very interested in God’s input on the Biggies. Things like: Whom should I marry? What major should I choose? ...
As I pulled up to the curb next to the soccer fields, I scanned the red shirted kids for my boy. Even when he’s a half mile away, I can pick him out of the crowd. But this time, I couldn’t find him. I recognized his team mates, running in tandem around the...