HOLLY MACKLE|CONTRIBUTOR Tonight {if all goes well, and really, who am I kidding…} I will rock my three year old and put her into the crib for the last time, as tomorrow we will transition to the big girl bed. Unless a disembodied hand descends from the heavens and writes on my wall something I… Read More
MEG FLOWERS|GUEST It felt like a game of “one of these things is not like the other.” Teenage girls and 40- something moms of adolescent girls mingled and found seats beside other mother-daughter duos. I, a 30-something mom of 4 and 7 year old boys, made my way to a “not like the others” loner… Read More
HOLLY MACKLE|CONTRIBUTOR I imagine I make God chuckle. Quite often. And there’s a pretty good chance he likes for me to make him chuckle too, because he made me a parent, which feels like a punchline in itself. God the Father made me a parent…ba dum tsh. Often, in the course of this whole “raising… Read More
PATRICIA CURTISS|GUEST “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,… Read More
HEATHER NELSON|CONTRIBUTOR Note – This post first appeared on my blog, heatherdavisnelson.com, three years ago when I was in the throes of potty training twin three-year-olds. I am happy to report that they are now completely potty trained. But my spiritual training (and theirs) is very much still a work in progress. There is advice… Read More
This week my daughter will graduate. It’s an exciting time, yet a sad time; a time of closing chapters, and a time of opening new doors. A time to say goodbye to what has always been and a time to embrace what’s new. Sound a little like Ecclesiastes? “There is a time for everything, and… Read More
MELISSA KRUGER | CONTRIBUTOR Yes, it’s true! Yes, you can spend daily time with Jesus in the season of motherhood. I can already imagine the “What you talkin’ bout Willis?” looks from across the internet as I sit down to write this article. You’ve got piles of laundry, mountains of dishes, and diapers that need changing.… Read More
HOLLY MACKLE | CONTRIBUTOR At five months postpartum my dearest college friends came to visit and love on our new daughter. We were chatting at a Starbucks when some men wearing sidearms calmly walked in. Within seconds I had our group outside crouched behind the bushes, poised to dial 911, entirely certain there was about to be a… Read More
HOLLY MACKLE | CONTRIBUTOR So we went to Disney World. I write a garden blog, and before I left, I had all manner of friends tell me “you’re going to LOVE the landscaping!” Opportunity knocked; I thought I would take a few pictures and have myself a nice little Disney World gardens post. This is not… Read More