We made it to Friday! Hooray! Today I’m writing for my friends at The MOM Initiative. Have you ever had a difficult time with that first step of organization? You really want to get organized, but you just can’t figure out where to start? I’m not the ultimate…
According to Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, one of the primary love languages is affirmation. Simply giving the gift of words to affirm your spouse is that huge! Even if your husband leans more towards another primary means of communicating love, there is not a man on earth…
Today is a very special day- the magic number has arrived. My Taylor girl turns sweet 16 today;16 is significant for many reasons. Most would think of a driver’s license…dating… But for our family, Taylor turning 16 is HUGE simply because- we were never sure that Taylor would turn 16….
“How do you do find time to train for races?” My husband and I are training for a half marathon and this question has been asked of us so frequently over the years that I thought I’d give you a few pointers today. Not that I’m a pro, by any…
How strange that marriage might be considered to “interfere” with friendship. Yet my husband and I once observed an elderly couple in a restaurant. They came in, sat down, ordered, and ate an entire meal without saying one word to each other. Meanwhile, the two of us sat chatting…
You know we are about to start the Unglued study here in Columbus tonight, right? My sweet friend, Mindy, tweets this week: “Bathroom stalls make great prayer closets.” -Lysa Terkeurst Well, it’s true. All the mamas know it. We can Amen! it. So just a little tip for ya today:
We all want the happily ever after, but we often think it happens naturally. I suppose I could get on my high horse (whatever that means) and preach a sermon here about reviving marriages by changing a wicked, hateful attitude to a sweet, endearing one. But honestly, it’s not that…
So I didn’t win lunch with Lysa Terkeurst through the Unglued book contest. You can still watch the webcast from last night if you go to LysaTerKeurst.com today! But I know you’ll just love this crazy story about my baby girl coming unglued and how that made me want to…
What a wonderful experience the last two days have been since the Lord prompted my heart to give away my ebook, The Sensational Scent Of Prayer, on Amazon. I feel as though I’ve witnessed nothing short of a modern day digital feeding of the five thousand miracle! Truly. The final…
About six years ago, the first time I began to pray for my awesome husband every day was when I read Stormie Omartian’s book, The Power of a Praying Wife. The “Power of a Praying” book series transformed my prayer life in many ways, but the most specific change I…
I’m surprised it hasn’t happened before now. In 15 years of raising a family, Tuesday we had our first: broken bone. Can you believe it? We have a trampoline, scooters,and bikes. Two flights of interior steps, a gymnastics girl and sports galore. Yet tonight had to be the night that…
Morning! Or afternoon or evening. Ok, enough. Today I’m privileged to write for The MOM Initiative with three quick, practical tips on how I approach large family logistics and meet individual needs. I won’t pretend to have all the answers for you, but these are three sure-fire methods that have…
