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One of the best and most powerful ways to see growth occur is to pray for unseen attributes–with thanksgiving—thankful for the early seeds—but grateful for the coming harvest as the prayers are answered.
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As I gazed across endless fields dotted with precise rows of grave markers, I choked back a sob. My husband looked at me. It wasn’t like I knew any of the dead or was related in some way. But still…each grave signified someone’s husband, son, brother, grandchild, uncle, cousin, friend…
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We are calling on all our warrior women to take a moment and remember the warrior soldiers who have died in service to their country.
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The scene: We’d landed in North Dakota after nearly 24 hours of flying from the island of Guam, including layovers in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Denver, and Minneapolis. By the time we’d completed the last leg of the trip, two of…
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Homeschooling and military life seem to be a natural fit. No matter where we’ve lived, we always find homeschoolers coming out of the woodwork! When we began homeschooling our oldest waaay back in 1995, I didn’t have a vision of…
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Remember the women you’ve probably never thought of on Mother’s Day before.
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Many of the problems of the world would be solved if we just mothered more!
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Women have an innate ability to mother, and to birth things of beauty. The world needs mothering, and there is a great need for loving women to hug away the hurts of this world.
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As the months passed and we got ready for the legal transfer, I asked my husband, “So, how are you going to feel when you give your daughter away?”
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Sometimes I beat myself up about not being the perfect parent, or even a mostly-on-the-ball parent. But then I remember I am human. I am tired. I get distracted. I get fed up. There are times I throw up my hands and give up. We regularly fall at Jesus’ feet and cry “Kyrie Elieson!”
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