“Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.” Really? Thanksgiving? In our family, we don’t have any solid traditions about Thanksgiving. Sometimes we’re home; sometimes we travel to Arkansas to be with Greg’s family. One year we might make green bean casserole; next year I might forget. So I was really surprised when Madi said Thansgiving was her…
“When I learned these verses, I began to see a side of Jesus I had never seen before. He pursues me. He loves me more than anything. And He wants to be my everything.ย This truth satisfied a deep longing I didn’t even know I had. It was what I wanted then, and what I…
In school, I loved biology! The details of the human body fascinated me! Highways of blood veins and bones all perfectly woven together; the jugular veins being one of the most important parts. These veins, in our necks, drain blood from our head, brain, face and neck straight to our heart. Maybe you’ve watched a…
I recently took a strength finders test. I wasn’t all that surprised to find my top two strengths were belief and responsibility. The part that I didn’t like was discovering what the bookย politelyย called my “basement” qualities. How nice ๐ Here’s a short list of what those basement qualities include: * stubborn (ok…so my husband has…
I have a confession to make. I’m a joy deserter. If I’m around someone who is angry, I desert my joy and get steamy too. If my husband or my kids are bummed out, I crawl right down in the pit with them. What good is that? What is benefited if I give up my…
Our teens’ culture bases it’s value on how do I look, what do you think of me and do you have a boyfriend. Unfortunately, for a young woman, all of those things are mostly outside of her control. So her self-worth and confidence are a constant roller coaster, up when I am liked…