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The Heaven-Sent Bible Verse This Mom Needed to Hear

This is all my fault, I berated myself as I held my wailing newborn, Micah, tight against me…

The Family That Cooks Together

My daughter Rachel stood in the kitchen in a floral sundress, her brown hair up in a ponytail.…

The Dreams That Drew Her Closer to Her Adult Daughter

Wide awake, I sat up in bed before a hint of light entered the room. I’d had another…

Teen Guys versus Teen Girls

When people find out that I’m a mom of four grown sons, three grandsons and one husband, they’re…

Teaching Our Children Important Lessons

Years ago when my son, Jeremy was 3, he looked up at me with excitement as we walked…

Teaching Honesty to a Teen

One of my kids recently told another adult an elaborate lie. It was a lie born in an…

Surprises from the Pulpit

My husband and I have made an unexpected discovery now that our sons are grown and two of…

She Realized That God Was Working Wonders in Her Son’s Heart

I picked up the phone and called my son. I simply had to know. “Carlos,” I said, “I…

She Realized Her Kids Needed a Mom More than a Coach

I grew up playing sports. Both my parents played multiple sports in high school, and my dad went…

She Learned to Focus on Loving—Not Judging—Her Daughter

My 20-year-old daughter, Brittany, had left the computer on in my bedroom. She’d been using it to chat…

Prayers for Grown-Up Kids

What is it about praying for your kids that you swing from wildly ambitious hopes to woefully mundane…

Operation Tadpole: A Valuable Parenting Lesson Learned

I was washing dishes one day last May when my youngest, 11-year-old Nathan, came running into the house.…

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