I’m Trusting God with My Teenagers
Last week I cried so long and so hard I ended up with a wicked headache. Some days parenting is…
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Last week I cried so long and so hard I ended up with a wicked headache. Some days parenting is…
Continue ReadingTo my middle child, Today I just wanted to tell you something: I see you. I see you trying hard,…
Continue ReadingIt is my oldest son’s senior year, and I’m barely holding on right now. I want to scream, laugh, cry,…
Continue ReadingHere’s to the friendships. Here’s to the childhood friends. The friends who have grown up together. The friends who have…
Continue ReadingThe year was 2012. I had three little boys ages one, three, and five. My husband had gotten on the…
Continue ReadingTo my boys, Only one of you got to meet my mom, your grandma, but Christopher, you were too young…
Continue ReadingTo my son, Today you came home upset. You didn’t want to talk about it, so I gave you a…
Continue ReadingWhen my kids were little, I was always looking to the next phase—when I’m done nursing, when they sleep through…
Continue ReadingEighteen years ago I carried you for a moment. Made with love, we wondered what you would be when we…
Continue ReadingThis thing happened today. This big, monumental, right-of-passage thing. I sent my eldest son to school this morning, just like…
Continue ReadingI was never an athlete. Never. I was a clumsy and uncoordinated child and teenager. I fell off the climbing…
Continue ReadingMy youngest baby was my only child to go to preschool. It was necessary and heartbreaking. I was so sad…
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