Mom Down: Life in the Teenage Trenches

He was the first born.  He was followed by two sisters.  I thought it was the perfect order.  A big brother and two adoring little sisters. Except…. the adoring part is not happening and more and more I find my girls and shamefully myself ganging up in a united front against my son.  We are [...]

I will trust in my Lord and Savior no matter what! I feel fearful this week. I could make a list, a long list, of all the things I am fretting over.  I could make categories and bullet points and subdivide each of my fears. But I won’t.  Instead I am going to claim Scripture [...]

Is this what my son really thinks in his heart?  I am dealing with a household of teenagers and their comparisons over one another.  Each time an issue arises I see a repetitive thread in that child’s life and I wonder…. Is that a permanent scar in their heart?  Is this what they will grow up [...]

Recently I read a book called “1000 Gifts a Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are” by Ann Voskamp. After reading this book the persistent urgency to praise God and to celebrate my life in thankfulness has not left me. Ann describes this attitude of continual thanksgiving as eucharisteo.  The descriptions come from a [...]

The Fall is in full swing in our house. My husband is a volleyball and basketball coach. The seasons of these two sports start with a BANG! in early August and then like a locomotive gain momentum and reach full capacity in late October as the two sports overlap. I find myself the only available [...]

Flexibility is something I am desperately in need of.  No, not like can I touch my toes or can I do a backbend.  More like, can I live with a constantly changing schedule?  Can I live without the slots on the calendar being filled in and then having to erase them at the very moment [...]