Tag Archives: Mothering Well

I haven’t been watching my grandkids now for about 6 months…boo hoo.  Now that I’m getting away from having such little ones around me every day, sometimes I forget what it is ...

My not-quite-two-year-old daughter stepped on the scale the other day. She giggled, looked down at the number, and stepped off. She was totally unaware of what she was doing, other than copying someth...

I opened the window wide to listen to the boys as they played in the backyard.  My son had just made a new friend in the neighborhood, and they were having a blast.  Shrieks and laughter and...

My friend Alysha owns and operates a successful salon and boutique in downtown Bellingham, Washington. It is a darling little shop, sleek and stylish and full of sparkle. It is appropriately named Bli...

They’re the posts that go viral.  {You know the ones.}  The ones that tug at your heartstrings and assure you that you are enough and that motherhood is a high and holy calling and tha...

I really prefer to have it all together.  Or at least have you think that I do. Since I became a mom, I’ve worked really hard to have a well-organized, balanced, chaos-free life....

“With my first baby I was too married to his sleep schedule to let him fall asleep on my chest.”* That heartbreaking line grabbed my attention the second I read it on a seasoned...

I can see it so clearly in my oldest daughter—that constant yearning and wanting and always needing something more.  No sooner does she get what she wants than she is on to the next thing, ...

It all started when I saw my Pastor’s wife whisper something in her child’s ear one day.  The countenance of that child’s face just lit up from whatever it was she whispered.&nb...

Invite your girlfriends and join us for a brand new 2016 Dare to Be event for an all-ages one-night event with all of the women in your life, to be encouraged that you are known by God and to live up ...