Here is my guest post for KatieMReid.com. Katie and I met at the Speak Up conference last summer, and discovered we both write about giving Jesus control! I was a really good mom to littles. I was good at keeping little fingers away from electrical outlets, little...
I got to babysit for the cutest little four-month-old baby boy recently. He cooed and smiled at me, and looked into my eyes while I sang him a song. When I fed him his bottle, he locked his chubby fingers onto mine. I figured that meant we had “bonded”,...
It was my first day of “big church.” We arrived early, entering the school gym filled with folding chairs. People greeted each other softly as someone played the piano on the stage. As we filed into a row near the front, my dad smiled and nodded at the...
I’m writing at the True Woman Blog today. During parent-teacher conferences, I sat across the table from a very frustrated, concerned grandmother. Back then, I was sitting on the teacher’s side of the table, and I’m sure I looked rather young and...
Years ago, whenever we were having company, I would try to clean the whole house at once. And I do mean whole. I wouldn’t just vacuum and dust and scrub and scour. I would also organize the cupboards under the sinks and re-stack the clothes in the closets so...
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...