Traci Rhoades, Author at Her View From Home

When a Mom Can’t Be There, the Helpers Show Up

Motherhood
November 15, 2022
1.2K Views
4 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

When a Mom Can’t Be There, the Helpers Show Up

With each of us traveling approximately 700 miles, we agreed to meet in the middle. This would not be a…

Faith, Friendship, Living
April 29, 2022
1K Views
4 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

I Will Be a Friend Who Prays

You mentioned it casually. They had found a lump in your breast again. You’ve been here before, and maybe that…

Everything I Know About Serving the Local Church, I Learned From My Mom

Faith
September 12, 2021
1.9K Views
5 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

Everything I Know About Serving the Local Church, I Learned From My Mom

When mom had my brother, she quickly realized something: she could not raise this baby boy into a man on…

Dear Daughter, Middle School is Hard But it Won’t Last Forever

Motherhood, Teen, Tween
May 25, 2021
12.1K Views
4 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

Dear Daughter, Middle School is Hard But it Won’t Last Forever

It was middle school, after all, so we anticipated a few bumps in the road. Thinking back on the early…

We’ve Been Six Feet Apart For Six Months Now

Living
September 5, 2020
1.9K Views
3 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

We’ve Been Six Feet Apart For Six Months Now

All winter long my daughter complained because we hadn’t gotten much snow. Or we had the biggest snowstorms on the…

Living, Motherhood
March 12, 2020
2K Views
4 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

We Never Outgrow Needing Our Moms

Every day my brothers and I stepped off the school bus, we’d run into the house where Mom greeted us…

I Guess This is What It Feels Like to Let Go

Kids, Motherhood
August 27, 2019
1.7K Views
3 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

I Guess This is What It Feels Like to Let Go

You were only a few months old when I dressed you in that tiny green dress with embroidered flowers. I…

Kids
April 23, 2019
2.7K Views
3 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

I’m Raising a Country Kid

In my twenties, I found myself young and single, so I did the city thing. At the first sign of…

Supporting a Friend Who Has Weathered the Storm of Betrayal

Faith, Living, Marriage
December 2, 2018
1.8K Views
4 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

Supporting a Friend Who Has Weathered the Storm of Betrayal

He left her. Not only that, but it was for a friend of hers. More her friend than his, but…

Faith, Kids
July 1, 2018
1.4K Views
3 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

So We Took Our Child to Church

When our children were newborn babies, we would look down at them in awe that God had gifted us with…

I’m a Better Mom Because Of the Women Who Help Me Mother My Kids

Motherhood, Relationships
May 13, 2018
3.6K Views
3 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

I’m a Better Mom Because Of the Women Who Help Me Mother My Kids

I am her mom. The first person she sees every morning, seated next to her dad on our green couch,…

I Gave My Baby To a Stranger In a Church Nursery—and Found Lifelong Friendship

Friendship, Motherhood
April 12, 2018
1.7K Views
3 Minute Read

By Traci Rhoades

I Gave My Baby To a Stranger In a Church Nursery—and Found Lifelong Friendship

It all started at a garage sale. Do you know how many stories I could tell where the opening line…

Traci Rhoades

Traci Rhoades

When a Mom Can’t Be There, the Helpers Show Up

I Will Be a Friend Who Prays

Everything I Know About Serving the Local Church, I Learned From My Mom

Dear Daughter, Middle School is Hard But it Won’t Last Forever

We’ve Been Six Feet Apart For Six Months Now

We Never Outgrow Needing Our Moms

I Guess This is What It Feels Like to Let Go

I’m Raising a Country Kid

Supporting a Friend Who Has Weathered the Storm of Betrayal

So We Took Our Child to Church

I’m a Better Mom Because Of the Women Who Help Me Mother My Kids

I Gave My Baby To a Stranger In a Church Nursery—and Found Lifelong Friendship

free email bonus

5 Ways to Connect with Your Kids