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February 2019

February 28, 2019
The pace of life in 2019 doesn’t leave much room to breathe. And true confession:...
February 21, 2019
I like to feel rested. My most satisfying days end with projects checked off my...
February 14, 2019
I’d just walked out the door from the latest appointment with yet another doctor, I’d...
February 07, 2019
A sense of control is essential to kids. My grandson, who will soon turn 4...

January 2019

January 29, 2019
As we start getting back to ‘normal’ (whatever that is), after the holidays, it’s a...
January 24, 2019
Everything was going smoothly. He was in a new classroom, and responding well to the...
January 17, 2019
“I don’t know how you do it.” “I could never do what you do.” “God...
January 09, 2019
Something is wrong with your baby. I remember, as though it were yesterday and not...
January 01, 2019
The start of a new year is one of my favorite seasons. I love blank...

December 2018

December 20, 2018
Acts 28:2 tells us that when Paul and his shipmates wrecked onto the shores of...
December 18, 2018
He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in...
December 13, 2018
We’re at that stage of parenting now where most of our children are in late...
December 11, 2018
"How are you?" No one really wants the answer to that question, at least the...
December 06, 2018
I am grateful to my colleagues who taught me how to demystify special needs at...
December 04, 2018
I finally watched the movie "Wonder" and I may or have may not have cried....

November 2018

November 27, 2018
It was recently Red Ribbon week at the boys' school and each day had a...
November 20, 2018
Do you struggle to find hope in the reality of your day-to-day circumstances? When I...
November 13, 2018
Devoted… an important word, one which we often hear, and a word that we all probably...
November 08, 2018
Staying connected to the real world can be a challenge for caregivers, whether the loved...
November 06, 2018
Count it all joy. That's what it says in James 1:2. But what about that part...
November 01, 2018
It was 2012, South Sudan (a country in Africa) was only a year old at...

October 2018

October 30, 2018
One thing is true about parenting. We don’t know more than we know. Think about...
October 24, 2018
We recently got this comment on our Facebook page: This is a VERY optimistic and...
October 18, 2018
Ryan was meeting a girl at a coffee shop. They had been communicating online and...
October 16, 2018
I know this sounds shallow. I really can't believe that I am admitting this to...
October 11, 2018
The words that Christian parents dread hearing just passed by my teenage daughter’s lips. “I...
October 09, 2018
“My wife thinks our son has autism.” It was morning and I was sitting in...
October 04, 2018
In the last four weeks, our family was hit by a series of health whammies....
October 02, 2018
People say ignorance is bliss. Sometimes it is, I suppose, but other times, it is...

September 2018

September 27, 2018
We see the posts every time we log on: “My daughter just made honor roll...
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