Happy Mother’s Day! Some years ago, Mother’s Day was a difficult time for me, as I know that it is for a lot of women out there. I wanted children so badly, and I had no prospects for a husband, let alone children. This morning I was reminded of all those prayers that I prayed…
Love Must Let Go A few weeks ago, I had some practice once again in learning how to let go of my children. It broke my heart. For two days I was physically ill from wondering what was going to…
Love Must Let Go Those are the four hardest words that I have ever had to transfer from my head to my heart. And I question myself often to make sure that I am not holding on to those I love…
As every Christian parent knows, the greatest goal of parenting is to raise your children so that they grow to love the Lord and develop their own relationship with Him. As much as I want to bring them into the kingdom of God on my coatstrings, I know that I can’t. All I can do…
Over the years that I have been a mama, my biggest parenting fear has been sibling rivalry. I don’t know how to handle it. Almost from the time that Bear Bear was born I was researching how to deal with the sibling rivalry that I knew was coming. The last thing that I wanted was…
I have always made the choice to homeschool my children. Neither one of them have ever been inside a classroom. Bear Bear expressed some curiosity about what school was like. I thought that she could visit for a day so I called the school and set up her visit. She was so excited to get…
Colossians 3:12-15 – Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you must also do. But above all these things put on love, which is…
