Provision and protection are my words for 2018. Do any of you pick a word to be your theme for the new year? Up until this year, I haven’t had one this early. Why? Well, the pressure of trying to live up to a word I pick just overwhelms me. What if I pick the […]
Parenting is interesting. One thing that continues to amaze me is how being a parent helps me gain insights to life. Sometimes, it forces me to see my sin or selfishness. Other times, it makes me view the world through the sweet or introspective perspective of my children. For example, when playing with a toddler, […]
More than once in the past few weeks I have had conversations with moms who were feeling frustrated with their situations. They had “put their career on hold” and they had to wait for the busy-ness of motherhood to slow down so they could “get back to what God had for them.” Folks. We have […]
You all know how a montage works in movies. It is a series of short video clips showing progress of something. Particularly used in sports films, the montage comes when an athlete or a team is trying to overcome a difficult hurdle. They work out, do drills, practice plays, and many other things. We see […]
Yesterday, I was talking with my husband about how several students we’ve known since they were young are now mature and doing adult-y things like advancing in their careers and buying houses. It has been a joy to watch them mature and develop. How old are they? Most of them are in their early 20s. […]
Over the holidays, I had several conversations with my kids that involved me asking a question, such as, “Who was the actor who played the supporting character in that movie we just watched?” Within minutes, they had the answer for me, thanks to their always-handy phone and its access to the Internet. No need to […]
Lately, I have been thinking about the role of motherhood. You see, I just got an advanced degree in it. What do I mean? Well, I am a new grandmother! I had the privilege to be with our son and daughter-in-law when they had their daughter. What an honor to be there! Of course, during […]
Some mom-encouragement for today (short and sweet, but mighty powerful!): I wholeheartedly believe that you, as “Mom,” have the most challenging, intense, sometimes thankless and dirtiest job there is. And it’s a job that in our society is perceived as a mediocre one. We fall into this trap and begin to say, “I’m JUST a […]
I really love those ads where the camel goes around an office on a Wednesday, asking everyone what day it is and waiting for them to say ‘hump day.’ Camel humor. Many folks think the Wednesday-dread is common only to those in a 9-5 job, but we all fall into this temptation of thinking that […]
We all do it once in a while…without even thinking. After all, having children and raising them requires so much time, energy, and extra finances. We leave our careers (or adjust them); we create budget after budget; we make schedules so we can get to soccer games, music lessons, and birthday parties. What a sacrifice. “But […]