My daughter Rebekah is launching out into the world this year. At 19, she graduated from high school last spring and is starting a two year culinary internship to become a sous chef. As I see my children growing up, I ask myself as a parent, Am I Teaching My Children...
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God is Pushing Me to Painful Places
God is Pushing Me to Painful Places During one of our initial foster care classes, we were given a checklist of problems that are typical for foster children. We were to check the ones we would be willing to handle if the agency called with a child needing care:...
A Day in the Life of a Rummage Sale-ist
A Day in the Life of Rummage Sale-ist This is a true story. Parental discretion advised. 7:23 AM - I'm so excited! I love rummage sales! All that hard work is going to pay off. We are going to have a hundred kajillion customers and everything will sell and all that...
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Trusting God When We Mess Up: Part One
By Christine Drews One day during my college years, I went to the mall and in front of the JC Penney store was a slick sales person and a display of wine glasses. If I signed up for a credit card, I would get a set of 4 wine glasses. It didn’t take any more of a hook...
Depression is a Liar
I’m treading carefully and gently with today’s topic of depression. The above comic has been shared and liked on Facebook and Google+ at least 30 thousand times. Obviously many people see truth in it and want to share it with the world. I don’t like it. Depression...
Stress Less about Your To-Do List with One Thought
"How do you do it all?" People often ask me how I juggle the many aspects of my life. Wife. Mom to 5 kids ranging in age from 18 to 5 years old. One child with significant emotional and behavioral needs. One child with behavior issues and a serious metabolic...
Before We Go Further — Shattering the Perfect Family Myth
Before we go further together, you as readers and I as writer, I need to make an important clarification. Rewind to 10 years ago, when our family unit was a family put together only by marriage and birth. Perhaps it's tempting to think we were a sweet, giving, fairly...
What It’s Like to Attend Therapy for Weight Loss
If you have considered attending therapy for weight loss, I have helpful thoughts to share. Therapy has been a huge part of my 100-pound weight loss journey. In fact, I believe it was the only reason I had success as I did. Below, you'll find information about my own...
Zack is Sick Today: How to Live with Fear
Fear. There are people who seek out fear. People who jump out of airplanes. People who free climb on and swing off of mountains. No one chooses to parent a medically fragile child for the adrenaline high. My son Zack has a rare genetic condition with a long, weird...
Trusting God with Who You Are
Trusting God with Who You Are A few weeks ago, my niece drew this portrait of me. I was relieved that my face wasn’t surrounded by facial hair, which she had included on all of her portraits of other people. Whew, dodged that bullet! The details were surprisingly...
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