Category Archives for "Motherhood"

How I’m Dealing with Mom Burnout

Mom burnout is a real thing. I know because I’ve experienced it many times. Are you going through a really difficult mothering season and need to replenishment and hope? Let me share my story with you, and real world ways to find joy, hope and healing. My Mom Burnout Symptoms I feel very run-over by […]

30 Day Random Acts of Kindness Challenge

We all love random acts of kindness, right? What a blessing when someone does a kind deed for us… and when we’re able to put our love in action by sharing a kindness with someone else! About a year and a half ago, we ran a 30 day kindness challenge on the site and it […]

Help! My Teen Needs Healthy Social Media Boundaries

I hear story after story of how teens with a lack of social media self control are suffering in both their in person relationships and in their career path. We all know that teens love connecting socially. And with social media such a prevalent aspect of teen culture, sharing on Facebook or Instagram is something […]

8 Powerful Ways to Teach Our Kids About Ownership

There is a troubling trend in our country today that you might have heard about. One in five Millennials in their 20s and early 30s have moved back home with their parents. This “failure to launch” trend is giving rise to the realization that young people today are feeling less and less prepared for the […]

How to Teach Your Kids to Pray

Prayer is powerful! When we pray, we can literally change the world with our words. What an awesome thing to pass on to our kids! How can you teach your kids to pray? It’s not as difficult as you may think. You can raise kids who change the world through prayer too! My twelve-year-old son and I […]

The Hows and Whys of Talking to Kids About Sex

I knew when I picked up the phone it was going to be a long conversation. I speak to parents everyday who need help talking to kids about sex, but this was an especially difficult phone call. We must have talked for at least an hour, but each minute felt like an eternity. She broke […]

5 Reasons Parents and Teens Should Tackle a Project Together

When parents and teens roll up their sleeves and delve into a project together, everyone might be pleasantly surprised at what they can accomplish. Our muddy boots directed shovel blades to cut thin strips of sod. My dirt-under-my-nails hands grasped the wooden handle as the rain drizzled from the ominous gray sky. The year’s first autumn […]

Parenting Tweens and Teens: Looking Beyond the Behavior to the Heart

Does A plus B always equal C when parenting tweens? Raising kids certainly gets more complicated as they get older, doesn’t it? Recently I learned that parenting tweens is a lot like how God parents me. The question is: Am I willing to step up and parent in this revolutionary way? I heard the sound […]

10 Ways To Teach and Connect During Car Time

Do you spend a lot of time driving in the car with your kids? Yep, me too. And on days where we’re driving a ton, my tendency is to complain and whine about all that we can’t do because we’re driving somewhere. But lately, I’ve noticed that car time has become a blessing! Truly! While I still would […]

Mom Competition: Can We Stop the Madness?

I see you at the park, the store or next to me at our homeschool co-op. And I can’t help but notice our silent conversation.  I look into your eyes and I see a tension… a longing. Believe it or not, some days I feel that same tension too.  With a certain look, a shrug, […]