While we wait for some babies and toddlers of our own, maybe one of the hardest things in life is the knowledge that we each have a biological clock and that someday it’s going to wind down and stop. For me these dreams of motherhood, which are most precious, are most difficult to surrender to my Creator and Saviour.
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Big Sister: Second Mom
You know you’re the second mom in a big family when… You start saying the same things to your siblings that your mom said to you. Your siblings accidentally call you Mom. You’re always counting heads to make sure everyone is accounted for. Your siblings ask you what’s for dinner even when it’s not your…
Rain For Roots: Big Stories for Little Ones (review and giveaway)
My family loves music and our little ones are no exception. From the time he was very small, Cedar loved to bop around to music and he had surprisingly good rhythm for a baby. As he got older and more mobile, such “dancing” evolved into assorted hops and jumps and spins. Anything with a beat…
When the verdict is always, “Guilty!”
Guilt. It stalks us, confuses us, winds its tendrils around our throats and suffocates us. And mothers seem to have captured the dubious honor of cornering the market on guilt. We receive it in the condemnations of friends and strangers alike, those who question and criticize our every parenting decision as if making sure we…
mothers and daughters . . .
The first time I heard it, I froze.
I was talking to my son, and I told him something, and I sounded exactly like my mom. It was the same phrase, the same tone.
Is my mom here?
Another Way to Look After Orphans
We settle into our seats at church, finally counting enough spaces for our large, mismatched family, and breathe a sigh of relief just before the music starts. As the music minister makes his way to the stage, a friend twists around and leans over her seat: “It’s official! We’re adopting!” This isn’t the first time…
of being made perfect in weakness
It was an evening of failure. Failure on my sweet girls’ part to behave like sweet girls, as they instead fussed and whined and let petty arguments take hold between them. Even worse, failure on my part to intercede with compassion and gentleness, to lovingly correct and redirect them. To say that I raised my…
No greater joy… (part 2)
by Mrs. Steve Castleberry (continued from part 1) Teach your child the things of Christ. Deuteronomy 6:7 instructs us, “And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest…
