The story about my son and the light bulbs…
I grab my purse off the counter and hurry toward the door. “Wait,” my ten-year-old says, coming down the stairs, a flashlight in his hands. “I’ve gotta show you something.” His eyes…
Mom-Mondays – a time to share
Thanks for all of your sweet comments and emails wishing me well on my dental surgery last week. Everything went great and I’m pretty much back to normal, although I didn’t…
Little bits and pieces of happiness…
“I have to tell you the best thing,” my daughter said the other night, smiling. She’d just gotten home from youth group and finished brushing her teeth and putting her pajamas…
Five things our kids shouldn’t hear us say…
Thanks for joining me the past few weeks for my series Three Things Our Kids Need to Hear Us Say. In the same way that positive words impact our kids, negative words do…
Three things our kids need to hear us say – Week 3
Words are powerful. Especially the words of a mom. Today is the last day of my three week series on breathing love and encouragement into our kids through our words. I hope some of…
Three things our kids need to hear us say – Week 2
Words are powerful. Especially the words of a mom. So today, on Valentine’s Day, I’m continuing my three week series on breathing love and encouragement into our kids through our words… Three…
Three things our kids need to hear us say – Week 1
Words are powerful. Especially the words of a mom. They can lift our kids up, or they can break them down. They can give them the courage to make mistakes (or admit mistakes), or…
Not perfect…
The other day, I was looking through some magazine articles I’ve written and I came across one of my poems that was published in a teen magazine several years ago. The poem was…