Are you counting down to summer with excitement—or bracing yourself for the chaos ahead?

Rooted & Fruitful: Growing in Every Season “But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about His Word....

"They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail." Psalm 1:3 NLT In order to bear fruit each...

Are you flourishing or feeling withered? By the end of 2024, I was pretty parched—stretched way too thin with not much left to give. As...

My husband and I have eight children, four are married and one is engaged. We currently have eight grandchildren and one on the way. This...

Giving and receiving Christmas presents is fun and exciting! I’ve always cherished the anticipation and excitement of my children when...

I love all things cozy—fleece blankets, warm pjs, hot coffee, twinkle lights, scented candles, gently falling snow, and early morning...

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; My hope comes from Him. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken....

Today we wrap up our series on the Primary Symptoms of FASD by focusing on the individual’s strengths. Over the past ten posts I’ve...

We’ve covered a majority of the primary symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder over our last ten blog posts. Today, we’ll dive...

“You can leave the scene of an accident and not get in trouble,” declared my volunteer fire fighter son after a late night fire call. He...

My family loves to play board games. Yahtzee is one of our favorites. Slava, my teenage son is a champ. We’ve bonded over countless rolls...

What do school fire drills, pep rallies, and barking dogs have in common? They are sudden loud intrusions that cause my son to become...

Last summer my sixteen year old son donned his bike helmet and announced he was going for a ride. We live on a dead end road in a rural...

“The bank just takes your money.” This was my teenage son’s adamant response to the suggestion he open a bank account. After graduation...

Does this happen to you: Your family is about to leave for an appointment, school, church, (you fill in the blank) and your kiddo can’t...

What were you thinking? Why would you do that? Why didn’t you finish everything I told you to do? Questions like these flew out of my...

“What were you thinking!” Have you ever thrown your arms up and spewed those words at your kiddo? I have. My child’s constant impulsive...

Remember the phrase, act your age, not your shoe size? Does anyone come to mind when you think of it now? Perhaps one of the children you...

Whew! What a whirlwind season. So much has happened since my last post. I’d love to reconnect and share an update with you. Speaking of...