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Is America Becoming Anti-Motherhood?
Comedienne Chelsea Handler recently lamented on The Daily Show that childless women (like her) are shamed for not having children. Her snarky response to the alleged shaming: “I’ve got news for everyone. Instead of shaming childless women for what we’re doing to the...
My Empty Nest Sadness Ended With This List
This Empty Nest Thing Makes Me Cry Our daughter is going to college. Not to the electric chair. I literally tell myself stuff like this every day. Other days, I just cry. I cry for the end of an era. For the shift in my motherhood. For the empty nest. As my husband...
There Are Moms Behind Racism and Rioting
The Power of A Mom [Disclaimer: Not all racism can be blamed on parenting, nor do children always follow parents' views on race.*] Most of us have heard that George Floyd cried out for his mom in his dying moments--like a tragic echo of his mother's role in his life....
Coronavirus: 5 Big Lessons To Teach Kids
Fear Doesn't Help...Anything Let me begin by admitting that, like a lot of you, I’m tempted to be fearful. Daily, I'm tempted to worst-case-scenario myself into a frenzied panic. I’ve monitored every symptom of sickness and fretted over every roll of toilet paper. In...
Can A Mass Shooter Come From A Healthy Family?
Where Does A Mass Shooter Come From? I’ll begin with two disclaimers: My own family has been through a school shooting. My husband was an administrator at Platte Canyon High School in 2006, when 16-year-old Emily Keyes was murdered by a lone gunman who entered the...
Before Your Child Leaves Home… 3 Parenting Tips
I woke up this morning... feeling an urgent sadness. I lay in bed, aware that both of our children were safely sleeping in the bedrooms above ours. Then I remembered one of those beds would be empty in a few days. Because our son is leaving for college. Do you think...
One Mom’s Answer to “Where Does God Live?”
Where does God live? It might sound like a childish question, but it’s also a legitimate one. In my mind’s eye, I often think of God “living” in heaven where he observes us from his throne room. That image doesn’t necessarily conjure up feelings of intimacy and...
Mama Dilemma: Distracted or Present?
Ping. Beep. Ring. Notifications seem to bombard us all day long. It's not something that has happened to us, but something we've done to ourselves. We designed it this way, but the design has created distraction. The computer, laptop, iPad, Smart Phone, Apple Watch...
Focused Motherhood: How To Look Beyond the Mess
The dishes are piled high and the clothes in the dryer need to be folded. I must make dental appointments for the older kids and... shoot, we're almost out of toilet paper. Where's my shopping list? My oldest son is yelling for homework help, but I can barely hear him...
Self-Care Tips for Over Committed Moms
For a season in my life I was over committed... to everything. That season looked like this: We were in ALL the activities for ALL the good causes; I was on the steering team for my MOPS group, working in the classroom, serving on the church set up team, running the...