What Wins the Unbelieving Hearts of Our Kids?
Our children will eventually go through seasons when they question what they have been taught and raised to believe. “Do I believe this, too? Why…
Tailored Living
When you can’t do a lot of traveling and going out because of the pandemic, then you turn your attention towards the home, to make…
Screen-based Learning and Its Effect on Real Life Learning in Young Children
Screen-based learning is becoming an important tool for teaching young children (ages 0 to 6) foundational concepts and skills, but it’s effect on the way…
Getting There
It’s been an uphill battle for me with my weight due to hormonal changes after surgery. From 118 pounds, after giving birth, I jumped up…
Finding Joy Amidst Trials
What is joy? We often equate joy with feelings of elation. And many times joy is this way, but it is also a sense of…
The Challenges of Navigating Influence
I miss writing in my blog so much. I know that people aren’t reading long articles like they used to, which is one of the…
Do You Want a Magical Winter-Wonderland Christmas?
The last time our family experienced a white, snowy Christmas was five years ago. Since then, it’s been a tropical Christmas, no snow and no…
How to Make Your Bathroom Scent-sational
The overall smell and sight of a bathroom matters to me. If I can walk into a bathroom that is clean and fresh smelling, as…
Happy Birthday Caylee!
What a year it has been. From birth to surgery to loss to recovery to new beginnings to endings and to beautiful truths about who…
Complaining Is a Serious Sin
It’s not coincidental that I am back in the beginning of the Old Testament again. God has a message for me, and maybe he has…
No Perfect Place
One of my favorite vacations this past year was visiting my sister in Sacramento. A highlight for the kids was going to the Pumpkin Patch…
The Selfishness that Never Goes Away in Marriage
I am a selfish person. I always have been, and I probably always will be until I die. That’s the ugly reality of my carnal,…
