What do you get when you place a mom, four kids, and the newest What's in the Bible? DVD in the van for a five hour trip? Laughter, joy, excitement, and a peaceful ride. No lie! This is exactly what I did last weekend. The kids and I traveled to Camp Spoiler - aka the Grandparents' house - and previewed the new Buck ...
How to Daily Pray for Your Spouse
This post has been updated and the daily prayers for your spouse is now available as a free printable. Once again I found an idea from my Women's Ministry folder that I wanted to pass along. Today it is daily scripture based prayers to pray for your spouse. While they are written for a wife to prayer over her husband, each ...
ADHD: You Know the Name but Do you Know What it Means?
image source Pin It After reading "Welcome to Our Story," you know that two of our children have been diagnosed with ADHD. Little Man for the hyperactivity side and Bubs more for the attention issue. Unfortunately Bubs doesn't have an open-shut case because of the Executive Function Disorder (Frontal Lobe), Sensory Processing Disorder, and ...
Why I am Contemplating Deleting My Personal Facebook Account
You've read them. The Facebook or Twitter status updates that make you want to crawl under the computer desk and cease to exist. The posts that the enemy uses to point fingers at you with claims that you aren't enough. The posts where fellow moms rave about how much they love their children and want to spend every waking hour gazing ...
How to Daily Pray for Your Children
This post has been updated and the daily prayers for your children is now available as a free printable. Sometimes we don't know how to pray. Other times we get overwhelmed by the magnitude of all we need to pray for our children. Below is a daily schedule that I found in my Women's Ministry folder with prayers based upon Scripture. Print this ...
What If Jesus…
image credit Do you remember the texts that my husband shared with me from Monday's posts? What if all of God's promises are true? What if His mercies really are new every morning? What if He really knew you before you were born and has plans for you, plans to prosper and not to harm you? What if God... He sent this text to me in March ...
Subscription Winner!
And the winner of an ABC Jesus Loves Me Preschool Curriculum Book or Workbook is: Sandra Mills Please contact me with your address before Friday night (June 27th) at midnight so that we can get the book mailed to you! Also let me know which book you would like to receive. Congrats! Thank you to ...
What If It’s True?
image credit I went home for Spring Break this year. By home, I mean, to my parents' because it will always be "home" to me. The kids needed a break from the mundane of life and of course we all wanted to spend time with my family. Honestly, I went with an ulterior motive. I had plans to meet up with a ...
What is Sensory Processing Disorder?
credit On Wednesday, I explained my desire to come around those who are raising children with disabilities as well as train others how to love on these families. Today is the first post in this series. If you have read many posts on this blog, you have seen the term "Sensory Processing" several times. But, what exactly is it? What does ...
How I am Returning to My Vision for You
credit Her text cried tears of frustration, struggles, and worry. Her son was out of control and she didn't know where to turn or what to do. Suddenly she found herself in a club she didn't have any desire to belong to. My heart broke for this dear friend. I understood. I have felt each emotion in my own ...