There is no denying that staying at home with our kids for an extended amount of time is not always pretty. It is rough for us parents to make schedules, break up fights, continue with our children’s educations, and also point them toward Jesus. It seems insurmountable, impossible, and something that we just don’t want…
When my first daughter was born, I hated night time. All day every day I dreaded that moment when it was time to go to sleep. When everyone I knew was resting peacefully in their beds, eyes closed, for a full eight hours. When my husband was breathing deeply and peacefully next to me, as…
When my husband, Manny, and I started dating he was 19 and I was newly 21. 14 months later we were engaged, and 9 months after that we were married and starting our lives together. There were some naysayers, of course, but we knew that God had brought us together and had a plan for…
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“As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the advantage. But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the advantage. Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood…
Today a friend and I met at a coffee shop in the rain, and let our three kids run around in the outside dining area. We drank our coffee as they splashed in puddles, fell all over the place, and interrupted our conversation every two minutes or so. I remember little of what we discussed,…
When I had my first (of three) kids, I knew babies were difficult, they cry a lot, and they don’t sleep. I had been babysitting since I was a teenager, and I worked in children’s ministry at my church. I knew how to change diapers, how to feed a kid, how to keep them entertained.…
