But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for Continue Reading
A Holy, Messy Love — Zack’s Bucket
Our kids' elementary school uses the bucket concept from the book How Full is Your Bucket to explain how important it is that we continually build up Continue Reading
A Holy, Messy Love — A 5 Day Journey
In 1 John 3:1 it says, "See what kind of love the Father has given us." Let's spend the next 7 days seeing God's love. Will you join me? Each day we Continue Reading
Hard is Hard is Hard
Last night I had the opportunity to speak with a group of parents of special needs children. I was able to share one of my favorite talks, "I Didn't Continue Reading
How to Make Your Kids (and Husband) Feel Like Rock Stars
Our 10 year old was having trouble making good choices at school. I wanted to give him a tangible reminder that I knew he could make good Continue Reading
I Love My Messy Family
Today, I really need to say out loud and in print how much I love my messy family. I'm not sure what you mentally picture on your side of the Continue Reading
How Do We Fix Our Kids’ Gimmies?
Readers, will you help provide some answers? How do we fix our kids' Gimmies? As in, the constant desire to Give-Me This, and Give-Me That. I'm Continue Reading
Guiding Our Children Through Life’s Ugliness
One of my children is currently dealing with intense issues surrounding identity, life story, and relationships. There are parts of this child's Continue Reading
When You Feel Lonely In Your Calling
Perhaps you are caring for an aging or ill spouse, and this leaves you isolated. Maybe you have a special needs child and few of your friends Continue Reading
Why We Don’t “Forget” Who Is Adopted
Lately I've read of several different families who, like our family, have both biological children and adopted children. These families struggle with Continue Reading
“Mom, Do I Have Special Needs?”
How do we talk to our children about their special needs? How do we talk to our children about their special needs? At what age should we share what Continue Reading
What Piano Teachers Wish Parents Knew (podcast)
Do your children take piano lessons, or will they be taking lessons in the future? In this podcast, Jeff Marshall, who has been teaching piano lessons Continue Reading
