One of my favorite things to do is talk to children about the true story behind The Marvelous Mud House! First, I want to know what they learned from the story. I love to hear their responses like “be content with what you have and help others” and “people are more important than stuff” and “God always…
Any child who has experienced being hurt by a friend, or felt the shame of stealing, or witnessed the nightly news probably already knows that there is darkness in our world, but they also need to know the origin of that darkness.
As a Christian mom, one of the most significant purchases I felt I could ever make for me and my child was a colorful and engaging children’s Bible. Some of my most precious times with my children when they were very young was sitting with them on my lap before bedtime and reading story after…
As a mom of three Lego-loving boys, I cannot fully describe to you how obsessed my boys are with these colorful little plastic “brick building” pieces! We’ve been buying Legos for birthdays and Christmas, and any other occasion they could talk us into for the past 10 years. In other words, don’t walk around my…
This is the hardest section of the blog for me to write. I don’t want to think about the difficult times. I don’t want to dig deep and be vulnerable. I don’t want to remember, I want to forget. But I know I need to talk about the struggle, and the growth and the healing…