EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
I imagine my face glows when I talk about my latest writing projects. I’ve always loved reading and creating stories. During my childhood summers when my friends were at the lake, I was in the library. Looking back, I can see hints of the dreams God placed deep inside. But the contentment I feel when [...]
Do you have a graduate in your family? If not, I imagine you have received an announcement or two in the mail from someone who is marking this transition in life. May and June are booked annually with academic graduations of all kinds. From the newly-popular kindergarten graduations to the traditional ceremonies marking the end of high school, college, [...]
The hardest part of mothering is dealing with you. First, you have to deal with your need to succeed in everyone’s eyes. You don’t want to be “that mother” who forgets the snack after the soccer game or forgets to send your kids with 100 M&Ms on the 100th day of school. Second, you [...]
I received a note from a good friend who is reading the book Susan Yates and I wrote, “Barbara and Susan’s Guide to the Empty Nest.” She wrote, “Read more of the book last night and am so glad I did. I really drank in the chapter on loneliness. Between ministry and life stages I was so comforted [...]
The kids, my husband, and I watched “The Prince of Egypt” for our last movie night, chowing supreme pizza in the den while all of us compared the movie with what we’d read in their bedtime Bible stories about Moses — and of course my husband and I tried to figure out which movie stars’ voices [...]
I used to love to read, but once I became a mom I somehow felt that reading was a colossal waste of time. There is so much to do, how could I possibly just sit there and read?
