Ten Things I Will Tell My Daughter

My first best friend was my dad. He was wise and kind, absent mindedly brilliant, punny, and an excellent listener. … More

You Have Your Hands Full

“You have your hands full” is a phrase people will sometimes tell me. Sometimes it is said with good intentions … More

By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. ~ … More

Long before I ever saw their impossibly tiny fingers or their bright blinking eyes, God had already placed eternity in … More

This is a season of peanut butter cheeks and sticky fingers rubbed on my clean pants and shirt. This is … More

Parenting is tough work. It requires diligence, great love, and vast amounts of patience, among other things. And God understands … More

I’ve never met a child who schedules out her temper tantrums in advance. Neither do babies ask permission before waking … More

The problem with praying for patience is that we are mostly given opportunities to practice being patient rather than a … More

I like to think of myself as a somewhat competent communicator. Communication, after all is my craft as a teacher, … More

The wisest of women builds her house,but folly with her own hands tears it down. ~ Proverbs 14:1 What does … More