There are two types of people in this world: Those who think it’s perfectly normal for family members who are incapable of using a toilet to claim the front yard as their bathroom. And… those who don’t think it’s normal. I fit into the first...
By: Shannon Popkin, Published on the True Woman Blog. It was my senior year of college. I was sharing an apartment with three other student teachers, and since we were in Virginia and there was snow on the ground, school was closed. My roommates were all huddled...
I’m excited to introduce a book, recently published by Kregel Publications (which, incidentally, is also MY publisher!) titled The Peaceful Wife. The author, April Cassidy, is a blogger at The Peaceful Wife Blog and Peaceful Single Girl. Early in her marriage...
I was lying in bed with the flu. You know those times when you’re overcome with pain and discomfort and you’re just not sure you can soldier on? This was one of those moments for me. I was that sick. In the middle of my flu fog, I suddenly heard a little...
My friend, Alice, had been either sick, or caring for sick children, throughout the entire Christmas season. So by December 23rd, she still hadn’t wrapped any gifts. Though she still felt miserable, Alice wanted her little girls to have at least one whole day of...
“I don’t even care about buying Christmas gifts this year!” Even though I couldn’t see my friend’s tears over the phone, I could hear them in her voice. She’s going through a deeply painful trial, and oh, how I wished I could give...