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Only One Thing Mattered in the ICU
But my eyes were closed, and no matter how hard I tried, I could not get them to open. Earlier that day, during a dialysis treatment, I unexpectedly went into respiratory arrest. The medical team did...
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A Real Mom’s Question How do I Deal with Lying?
I knew the truth and asked him to tell me the truth. #1C13P #RaisingKidsClick To Tweet “My son (6 years old) has been telling lies. His lie was to get out of trouble – blaming something on his brother...
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FRIENDSHIP: The James Gang
My nephew James was born in Colombia. At four months old, he was adopted by my sister and brother-in-law. As their first child, he filled their lives with joy. By the time he was two years old, it was...
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Learning to Love…from a Rocking Chair
I am guilty of allowing the world, the demands of life, and other people dictate my schedule….Click To Tweet I am guilty of allowing the world, the demands of life, and other people dictate my...
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A Movie Review of Pixar’s Inside Out
Inside Out is Pixar’s newest animation film. It brings the mystery of our emotions to life. #InsideOut brings the mystery of our emotions to life. #1C13P #RaisingKidsClick To Tweet Many will be drawn...
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Life is Not Easy But We’re Not Alone
Two years ago, our family felt called to make a move from family and friends in Minnesota to Colorado. With some fear and trepidation we took what felt like a giant step of faith and relocated. The...
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When We Can’t Fix Our Child
I’m sitting in the waiting room while my daughter is in with dermatologist discussing her acne. While not life-threatening, teenage acne, the kind that requires much more than a little benzoyl peroxide...
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What are your hopes for your children?
While my oldest was still in the womb my wife and I would pray regularly through several specific hopes we had for her. First, that she would have a keen ability to discern between dark and...
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Six Things I Did Right as a Stepmom
Recently, my husband and I attended his son’s 40th birthday party. It’s hard to believe he was eleven when Steve and I married. Now he is grown up, with a wife and daughter of his own. His celebration...
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Cheated
“Don’t you feel cheated about the life you imagined for you and your son?” Don’t you feel like you have been robbed of so many blessings by having a child who can’t talk, can’t walk, and can’t really...
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How an IRON-MAN Responds to the Assault on Men
Not long ago I realized that my (soon to be) father-in-law has told me that he loves me more in the past few months than my own father has told me in my thirty-nine years of life. You know what? It’s...
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What We Do {And Don’t Do} For Our Kids
My daughter took her first plane ride to a youth conference by herself last week. She’s twelve years old and has plenty of experience flying, but sending her off on her own was a big step for both of...
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10 Ways to Factor in the HAPPY
“I just want my child to be happy…” Have you ever noticed the irony in the delivery of that sentiment? It is declared with a defeated and downtrodden tone following a disappointment. Okay let’s get...
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Waiting…
My two boys and I flew home last night from a family trip. I like flying later in the day, but you always run an increased risk of the flight getting delayed. Sure enough, our flight was delayed an...
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7 Ways to Avoid Back to School-Itis
Target and Walmart are stocked full of back-to-school supplies. Commercials and circulars are filled with back to school sales. Back to School time can bring on the common malady of #BacktoSchool...
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10,000 Stepfamily Days
My husband recently woke up with a smile, “Happy 10,000 days!!” Steve beamed. “What?” I inquired, still groggy. “We met 10,000 days ago today. Happy anniversary,” he replied. My husband was a banker...
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Feeling EXHAUSTED?
Last month I wrote about a parent that was exhausted by always packing her child’s “stuff” for school and sports. I gave some simple tips to help children take over the job of packing. That post got me...
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When You’re Running on Empty
Do you ever feel like you’re running on empty? A mom of two toddlers told me recently that she has trouble just finding the energy to get out of bed and get going, nonetheless chase her children...
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An Antidote to Risky Behaviors
According to WebMD, when families eat together on a regular basis the children are less likely to become overweight, more likely to abstain from risky behaviors such as smoking, drinking, or drugs,...
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Mom, Take It Off…Remove the Cape
Like many of you who juggle motherhood and life, my checklists are long. There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t enlist others to help me accomplish my list. I am thankful for the buddy system in...
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