Go. I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t afraid for the future. His future. The other day I talked about the childhood years and how long we have with our kids. It simply isn’t long enough to assuage the waves of worries that can plague my husband and I if we start thinking […]
Raising Cain, er, Raising Teens
Several months back, I launched a group blog for Christian parents with tough teens. It’s a small niche. Very small. Either Christians aren’t talking about it, homeschoolers aren’t talking about it, or it’s truly a smaller problem than we first thought. I believe the former two. As Christians, God sees us for who we are, […]
Noise, Noise, Noise
There are many types of noise. In our house, we have typical noise, just as I’m sure your house has it’s typical noise too. We have things like boy noise, dishwashers, hair dryers, yapping Pomeranians, kids playing, music, and XBox games. Another kind of noise that I seem to encounter is the noise that leads […]
Sportin’ the Mohawk
This is my ten-year old and yes, that is a mohawk. Mohawk for a day, or that was the plan anyway. It’s been a few days now, and he will have it shaved off tomorrow afternoon. I think. We’re letting him wear it to church. *GASP* So what? It’s just hair, people. Jesus said, “Let the […]
Motherless
This post over at (in)Courage made me really start thinking about my Mom. Mother’s Day always brings up tough feelings in me. While everyone else is putting ribbons on balloons, choosing flower arrangements, or making dinner reservations, I sit home with my memories. True, I am a mother, and my kids usually do the Mother’s […]
Christian Crack
It goes by many names: Coffee, tea, soda, latte, iced tea, energy drink, pop, and mocha, among others. What do they all have in common? Caffeine. Otherwise known (jokingly) as ‘Christian Crack’, caffeine, it seems, is what makes the world go round. Or at least it helps make the Church go round. I hadn’t really […]
Stripping, Coring, Peeling
I fought to swallow the lump in my throat as the lights flashed and the music blared. Why did I let him talk me into this?! I was so out of my comfort zone, and I was NOT having a good time. The dialog in my head went between panic, anger, and being ready to […]
Christ Holes and Missing Souls
This year isn’t a good year for me. I’m feeling the holes left by the missing people in my life, and it hurts. Add to that the fact that my Grandpa-in-law isn’t expected to live through the weekend, and it turned into an I-don’t-feel-like-Christmas. I decided to shoot some pictures of our Christmas tree, because […]
Our Journey: Part 2- DO Something!
If you missed Part 1, please read that first, and then read this. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. We knew she had been smoking. For the past two months we had tried to get our relationship back on track, open some communications, and thought we were making some progress. She had confessed to […]
Get Real and BE Real
Teens are famous for conforming to a clique or style of fashion to “be different!” (from Mom & Dad), when they are actually blending right in with all the other kids they hang out with. They successfully keep from being different, thereby actually hiding who they really are. I see it all the time in our youth group.