Selfishness seems prevalent in our society today. No matter where you turn it is displayed in one form or another. I don’t know about you, mom, but do you sometimes feel like giving up on fighting against the tide of self-centeredness? We are inundated with it and how can we stop it when we see it in our kids? Frankly, Continue Reading →

One of my biggest pet peeves in life is “poking”. It drives me to insanity when a child (or an adult for that matter) comes up and continues to poke me until I respond. It’s makes it worse when they do it while saying my name over and over again. “Mommy (poke, poke), mommy (poke, poke).” I just want to Continue Reading →

I have a “talker” in my backseat. Some people have a backseat driver. I have a backseat talker. I have a child that loves to talk and talk and talk and talk. I just don’t know where he got that from (wink, wink)! I think he actually talks more than my daughter. Just last night I went in to talk Continue Reading →

Maybe you don’t even want to read this post today, but I can’t help but write this post. It’s a long story, but I wrestled all night long with these questions and I feel like I need to ask them of you. I’m not giving any answers. Just asking more questions like usual. Do you realize that your children are Continue Reading →

Today I witnessed a miracle. Remember how I told you that one of my sons wrestles with being selfish? Well, this morning, he woke up tired after a late night at the Fair. He was crabby, emotional and selfish with a capital “S”. I thought for sure I might strangle him before lunch. Instead I decided to pray. What a Continue Reading →

I don’t know why, but lately I’ve had this question rolling around in my head lately. It’s a question that I read at some point in life. To my best recollection–I’m really reaching far back into the recesses of my brain here–I think this question came from “Shepherding a Child’s Heart” by Tedd Tripp. The question goes something like this: Continue Reading →

Imagine buying a new car. It is a beautiful sight. The color is perfect. There are no scratches anywhere. It has everything you want, including the accessories. Good sound system, cruise control, automatic everything and plenty of cup holders to boot. It’s even got the “new car smell”. Mmmmm. Yummy! Then you move to look at the beauty of the Continue Reading →

This is an excerpt from a book that I am currently reading. It is encouraging me with things that I’ve been thinking about and attempting to do with my children already, but yet it is giving me much more to think about. I thought I would share it with you and let it challenge you alongside me. “We make sure Continue Reading →

I have spent a lot of time thinking about what my children are watching on television and monitoring what they do on the computer. That’s why both of those items are right in the hub of our home so that I can keep an eye and ear out to what is entering our home via the electronics and the internet. Continue Reading →