Tag Archives: Mothering Well

All parents struggle with screens during the unstructured summer months. How much is too much? Should I limit it? Should I stop stressing? We're not here to tell you what you should or shouldn't do - ...

Whether it is big life changing conversations happening, or a million small conversations about both big and small things, creating space in our homes where we can have honest and free conversations w...

Oh, the end-of-school season. Moms know that this time of "winding down the school year" actually means more chaos for us. 'Tis the season of teacher appreciation gifts, and sports competitions, and b...

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11 The children were in the living room doing their schoolwork. Then one of them began to repeat what the other was saying...

Every night when I pray for my children, I tend to recite the same things. I struggle with putting the words together of exactly how I want to pray. Last year, one of my kids' teachers blessed me with...

I hear them all the time - complaints from women my age saying that their adult kids don't visit them often enough. I remember being a busy young mom and my mother was always guilting me to visit her....

There's this ongoing debate about whether or not you can be friends with your kids. And for years, I was pretty firmly on the "no" side. But as my children get older and I take a step back and look a ...

At the back of the auditorium, my daughter was making a joyful noise. It unfortunately did not go along with the song we were singing-nor did it blend in. We were seated away from the rest of the chur...

A video popped up on one of my social media sites. It showed a football wife arriving at the Super Bowl game. She had a whole entourage with her. There were nannies for EACH of her children, security ...

Dear New Mom, Not too long ago, your world likely revolved around things like your husband, friends, family, career and perhaps some hobbies sprinkled in. You may have gone to happy hours with your gi...