Category: boys
Updated on December 6, 2018
Letting hope slow you down
My kids are hoping that it is going to snow; the type of Southern snow that shuts down the whole city — especially the schools. I am half listening to their predictions as I race around the house …
Updated on September 13, 2018
When Faith Falls
Excited to be sharing my words about faith, real life and our God who is bigger than all of the struggles we face. I’m over on the (in)courage blog today … Click Here to join me and read …
Posted on April 19, 2018
What do you want to be when you grow up?
An NBA player. That’s how my big boys answered the “what I want to be when I grow up” question for years. And the little one is still holding fast to his pro football dreams. So we should …
Updated on March 9, 2018
Parenting, repenting and lessons of the heart
I am always trying to teach my kids a lesson. Always. Every cup of spilled milk, every argument, every accidentally broken picture frame, or bumped head is an opportunity to learn, “how to do it right the next …
Updated on February 23, 2018
How to fight the bad guys
When my big boys were little boys, they played the craziest game. It was a game invented by their sweet friend in the house across the street, and it will probably live on in neighborhood lore for eternity. …
Updated on January 25, 2018
We are what we notice
Tattling is a serious crime around our house. I have always had the rule that both the tale-teller and the wrongdoer will be punished. “Work it out! Unless there is blood. Then you should come get me” has been …
Updated on October 3, 2017
Why we have to talk to our kids about Las Vegas
My older boys get most of their news and information from Instagram and the school bus. It is simply the way life is these days. If they begin a sentence with, “Hey mom did you know that …” …
Posted on May 12, 2017
God made a boy — or, what I need to remember this mother’s day
This is for the ones who call me mom. The ones who make me laugh, cry, love, worry, clean, scream, clean some more and feel all the things, all the time. For 14 years, I have wondered what was God thinking when he …
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