Being an older parent has lots of perks. You’ve had more time to experience life, have an established career, and are often in a better position financially. Be that as it may, parenting at an older age...

There’s a popular proverb about the difference between giving someone a fish and teaching them to fish. Giving them food cures their hunger in the short term. Helping someone by teaching them to fish provides a solution...

Experiencing love and sharing love are two of the most beautiful gifts in the world. So, when I have the opportunity do both I take it! Simple acts of love and kindness can light up the faces...

By Jennifer Livingston– When a new little life enters the world, it is important to give a gift to the family of that child, to show support and a spirit of welcoming for their new addition. The...

By Tammy Whitehurst− I’m an “empty nester.” As many of you probably are too. My husband and I smile a lot more at each other these days. Our children are grown. It is a time to love the second...

By Guest Blogger Lucille Zimmerman – In the last few days I’ve heard from five people who told me the spouses of their adult children have limited access to their grandchildren. I don’t know all the circumstances…one...

By Beth Havey – Like Jimmy Stewart in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” did you ever ask the universe or your spouse: “Why do we have to have all these kids?” There are so many wonderful answers—love, desire...

By Carol Doyel – I’m sure there are many mothers who will receive cards on Mother’s Day from their children, husbands, and loved ones declaring them “The Best Mom”. Some may even receive awards from their children, I can...

By Laura Petherbridge – “My mom wants to have a new family picture taken for Christmas,” Tanya shared. “She updates the photo every few years and sends it with her Christmas cards.” “Everything was fine until she...

Do you know who you are? As women we juggle many roles and our roles may change depending on the season we’re in. But I want us to look at who we are as God’s girls and...

Okay, let’s just call it what it is! I have entered the sandwich stage of life! I am old enough to have children and grandchildren, and blessed enough to still have parents. But coaching children that are...

The other day my daughter sinned. She did wrong. She made a mistake. It was clear. It was obvious. It was objective. I was disappointed. I was hurt. I responded in anger. This is not the first...

My illustrator came home from school boasting of how neat he had rewritten a piece of prose for school. Usually, we go round and round about writing, handwriting, that is. “The h’s have to be as tall...

The morning starts off with prayer and hope – one leading us in the 23rd psalm, another leading the Lord’s Prayer, and the teen choosing a proverb. I finish off with prayer: Praising God for either the...

By Nancie Carmichael – Home again. We stumbled in the door, weary from the two-day trip back from Southern California. Bill engineered the kids from the outside, giving them suitcases, sleeping bags and miscellaneous loads of whatever...

“If they don’t let us in, you’ll talk to them, won’t you mom?” My son asked. “Like you did before.” This was summer; we’d just moved back “home” after our 2 year journey some-other-place. During our tenure...