It’s an odd moment the minute you accept the child you raised from a helpless baby is spreading their wings to fly away. But if all mama birds kept their babies in the nest, there’d be no more birds. The best way to love an adult child is to speak positivity into them, encourage themContinue reading “Even Baby Birds Learn to Fly”
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Adult Influence is a Child’s Habitat
Have you ever heard to the purity of God’s Word through the innocence of a child’s mouth? Even when we don’t have a child or teenager living at home, we should remember that when a child speaks the word of God, it’s without being filtered through the trash from the world that we’ve been aroundContinue reading “Adult Influence is a Child’s Habitat”
How Far do You Take it?
This may be an unpopular opinion and also maybe hypocritical to my “let it go” and “heal the hurt” messages…so hear me out. How far do you take it when someone hurts your child? All the way to the gates of hell to deliver them and back is how far I’ll take it. I’m notContinue reading “How Far do You Take it?”
Young Parents: Are You Missing Out?
I was barely nineteen when Alex was born, almost twenty two when Kaitlyn was born, and my mom was twenty when I was born. That makes for one young mama and a very young nana. I’ll be turning forty four the month my first grandbaby is born, little Lola Jo, and it still blows myContinue reading “Young Parents: Are You Missing Out?”
Motherhood – A Forever Job
There are no time limits to being a mother. No age where you suddenly set your children aside, no moment where you stop considering the effect of your decisions on their lives, and no second you wake up and your heart doesn’t feel like it’s walking outside your body. Being a mother is a lifestyle,Continue reading “Motherhood – A Forever Job”
They Always Look For You
Our kids…They ALWAYS look for us. And here’s something else moms…. they always LISTEN for us, too. If you think that boy on the wrestling mat isn’t listening for his mama to love on him from the stands, you are wrong. I’m not talking coach mom-style calling out moves, I’m talking about yelling your child’sContinue reading “They Always Look For You”
Parenting Evolves into Mentoring
The instinct to vehemently protect and defend your children doesn’t fade when they become adults, but it does evolve. As much as I would like to, I am not powerful enough to shield my kids from every evil this world has to offer. I can’t keep people from being spiteful wenches any more than IContinue reading “Parenting Evolves into Mentoring”
Empty Nesting is a New Opportunity
My “on this day” memories from Facebook make me want to pray for all us parents who don’t have our free time filled up any more with being someone’s biggest fan in the stands. It’s a super weird life transition going from trying to fit everything in and asking for help to being the oneContinue reading “Empty Nesting is a New Opportunity”
Parenting Windows
Let’s talk about parenting adult children. There’s a big difference in calling your kids to berate them about something you don’t like to offer unsolicited judgement and in them calling you to ask what you think and wanting your advice. Your feelings on the subject may very well be the same but the package thoseContinue reading “Parenting Windows”
Deeper Than a Puddle 