Tag Archives: Mothering Well

My son came home from his very first choir practice and declared that he wanted to audition for a solo. My instant reaction was to try and talk him out of it. Give him all the reasons why i...

A few years ago, we had to do a strict elimination diet for our son Ethan. It was exhausting. I was so overwhelmed and emotional. When someone went out of their way to help me I usually cried from gra...

My normal morning goes like this.  Wake up to one or both children calling for me. Go and deduce which child is calling. Enter room of said child.  All at once that chi...

“I don’t wanna talk about my day!” Oh what a nice response when I ask my kindergartener how his day was. Let’s try this again. Me: “Your ...

There are over 1,300 children in Washington waiting to be adopted. We have partnered with  Antioch Adoptions this month to share stories about adoption and foster care and encourage you to suppor...

I have just become the mother of a teenager and she is medically fragile – not what I had originally planned. Daphne was placed in our family three weeks ago. She is a foster child and ...

Proverbs 22:6 is one of the most frequently recited parenting verses. 'Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.' Does it really mean what we...

So we had this family meeting. Just a few short weeks ago. Chores were delegated. Assignment schedules were developed. Cubbies were cleaned out, rooms were straightened, expectat...

It’s a shocking transition for a baby to move from the coziness of the womb to the cold, harsh, overwhelming world on the outside of their mother’s body. More and more mothers are discover...

Let me start out by saying that obviously nobody knows what really goes on in a marriage except the two people who are in it. And let me also say that I know nobody approaches divorce lightly, and tha...