Parenting tests us. Parenting pulls at our heart, questions our strength, stretches our emotions, measures our fortitude and commitment. At times it is the sheer amount of service parenting requires that tests us. Other times it is our children testing our boundaries and maybe our patience. And sometimes it is life circumstances outside our role …
This post is part of a series of 31 Day to Cultivating Heart Connections with Your Child as part of the 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes Challenge. If you haven’t been in the habit of intentionally cultivating heart connections with your children, some of the things I’ve suggested may seem foreign to you. Some of …
This post is part of a series of 31 Day to Cultivating Heart Connections with Your Child as part of the 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes Challenge. Birthdays punch me in the gut leaving me doubled over with emotions so strong they rip me to the core. Not mine—they just pass me by without much …
This post is part of a series of 31 Day to Cultivating Heart Connections with Your Child as part of the 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes Challenge. My fiancé and I sat hands entwined at our premarital counseling appointment with our pastor and his wife. We’d been meeting weekly for several weeks covering a variety …
Nobody fits the same box. When God created us, he made us each unique. From our fingerprints to our personalities, no two are exactly alike. In our family of six, I can clearly see six different personalities (I liken each of us to a character out of Winnie the Pooh, but there isn’t enough space …
