Author Archives: Rebecca Joy

When a crisis hits how do you want your friends to serve you? Are you the type of person who wants people to show up unannounced at your doorstep with a meal or to clean your house? &...

Dear mom of teenagers, You look so put together. You look like you made it through the little years with flying colors, making all the right decisions and raising the perfect children. I lo...

I always see this image in my head of this beautiful family sitting down on the couch seriously pondering the Word of God, praying together fervently and walking away filled and glorious after their p...

Dear Toddler Mama, Right now all you ache for is the chance to go to the bathroom without an audience.  You long for the days when you can have a conversation in full sentences and wit...

I didn’t really expect it so young. But, my 4-year old looked at me the other day, right square in the eyes and said, “Santa is real, right?” I didn’t even say a thing. I was j...

I am a step mom.  If it sounds a little like I’m introducing myself at an A.A. meeting, that isn’t so far away from how it feels. These words often require work for me to o...

Students, parents, and teachers are all anxiously sporting their smiles for the new school year. And it got me thinking, as with any sport we know that teamwork is what makes a team succeed, right? Be...

This afternoon when my son was bored and kept asking me if we could do something fun we decided to make this easy peanut butter playdoh. He had a blast helping me mix everything together. Note: We did...

Dear dad, You left. Is it weird that I call you dad even though you didn't raise me? Sometimes I look at my own children and I don't know how you could leave. I am not upset. I don't rememb...

When I went into labor my house was clean. When I delivered my son into the world and waited anxiously to hear his little cry, all my laundry at home was folded and put away. When I brought our precio...