Category: Parenting

  • Please Don’t Check Out

    Please Don’t Check Out

    It was late in the evening. We had just finished putting our oldest children to bed. I left the baby in his crib hoping he would be okay for just a little while, so that I could squeeze in a few minutes in the bath. I turned on the hot water and sank down deep. It…

  • I Was Joking, But He Wasn’t

    I Was Joking, But He Wasn’t

    My husband and I were laying in bed chatting about all we had experienced during the day. I love those late night catch-ups, especially when it feels like we haven’t seen each other enough. The topic of conversation came to our children. We are constantly wondering if we doing a good job raising them. We…

  • Preschool Is Not For The Faint-Hearted | Vlog #22

    Preschool Is Not For The Faint-Hearted | Vlog #22

    Paint. Everywhere. Bright bold colors splattered and smeared on walls, on clothes, in hair, in my hair, across the table, up their arms, on the bottom of their feet… It doesn’t matter how prepared I am. The wipes are in arms reach. Yet, it gets everywhere. Paint, markers, kinetic sand, play dough, and glitter…oh the…

  • Resolving To Embrace The Pain Diminished My Anxieties About Childbirth

    Resolving To Embrace The Pain Diminished My Anxieties About Childbirth

    My due date is Thanksgiving. Baby Wyatt is tucked away cozy in my womb. I feel like he might know colder weather is coming and is choosing the warmer path. I don’t know about you, but I get extremely excited to find out when I am pregnant and then spend 9 months avoiding the thought of…

  • Struggle With PCOS? Find Out How This Woman Improved Her Symptoms!

    Struggle With PCOS? Find Out How This Woman Improved Her Symptoms!

    In 2010 we gained quite a few friendships through our church. God gave us opportunities to build these relationships on a weekly basis after we joined the marriage ministry. We would see the same couples every Wednesday as we learned what God’s purpose for marriage is and discussed marriage topics in a small group study.…

  • Prayer Of The Day: Adoption

    Prayer Of The Day: Adoption

    Dear God, We come before You today, humbled by your greatness.  You have intricately made all of us and so uniquely!  Thank You those who are parents and have understood the vitality of their responsibility in raising children.  We also thank You for those who have willing and passionate hearts to adopt children and love…