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I have one young adult (20) and 2 teenagers (17) living in my home currently. All are male. All were classified as “strong willed” when they were young. They are charming, funny, good looking (if I do say so myself) and are turning into the type of humans my husband and I would choose to …
This has been a great and challenging week and I learned A TON. Ready? Here we go: Don’t eat sweet potatoes with brown spots on them. Even if you cut off the brown spots, the sweet potato may have harmful bacteria that will give you food poisoning. (this article, #8). You should wait 48 hours …
I clearly remember the exact moment when we found out God had blessed us with not one daughter, as I was sure I was carrying, but rather 2 identical boys. I was 20 weeks pregnant at the time and truly could not have been more shocked. Considering we already had a 3 year old son …
As the mother of 3 young men, I take the responsibility of ushering them into productive adulthood extremely seriously. They were given to us by God to mold and to raise up in the way in which they should go, and we have done everything we can to prepare them for the world that lies …
Over the years I think I’ve met at least 100 people, if not more, that could say “I used to be in ministry.” And before you say it, I know. Yes, we are ALL in ministry. It’s part of who we are as Christians. Our life is our mission . . . .etc, etc, etc. …
This week is pretty monumental for me. I have stepped down from my full time management position to a part time one with far less responsibility. Which means a few things: More time for my kids. Yes, they are teenagers, but anyone who has teenagers gets this: they require MORE emotional energy than ever before. …
I’m trying to think how to start this story. I work. A lot. And I have teenagers. Three of them. And it’s summer. So the teenagers are sleeping a lot and doing a whole lot of nothing (a variety of church camps and vacations and summer school meant jobs wouldn’t work). So I work a …
We’ve now lived in our new hometown for 4 months. It’s been a crazy and amazing season! After living in the same place, comfortably, for 15 years (and, I might add, truly believing in my heart of hearts that we would never leave), jobs required us to pack up and move on. Moving day TOTALLY …
Worst. Blogger. Ever. I am afraid, friends, that my new 45 – 50 hour a week job, plus the move to a new city (and furnishing and decorating a new house) plus little things like getting a new driver’s license, finding a new doctor, a new dentist, a new candle stick maker . . . …