Monday Mommy Gifs 12
04/03/2017
Teacher: I really enjoy teaching your son. You can tell he loves to learn and comes from a great home.
Monday Mommy Gifs 11
03/27/2017
Accidentally making eye contact with a baby who was juuuuuuust about to finally fall asleep.
What’s at the End of Your Rope? * 10 Minute Devotional
03/22/2017
This week at our house: Me: What do you want for breakfast? Preschooler: Peanut butter pancakes. Me [fifteen minutes later]: Here’s your breakfast! Preschooler: WHAT IS THIS?! I HAAAATE PEANUT BUTTER PANCAKES!!! Me: [silently Googling how old a child has to be to go to boarding school overseas] Kidding. Mostly. Pre-kid, I sometimes felt at … More What’s at the End of Your Rope? * 10 Minute Devotional
10 Lessons Siblings Teach You
03/21/2017
Nothing is sacred That boy you like? That sweater you saved up for over a month to buy? The verbal tic you can’t seem to get over? That boy will be told of your feelings. That sweater will be borrowed (without asking) and stained. That verbal tic will be mocked incessantly. Welcome to having siblings. 2. … More 10 Lessons Siblings Teach You
Monday Mommy Gifs 10
03/20/2017
When you throw caution to the wind and let the kids skip their naps.
You Gotta Go Down * 10 Minute Devotional
03/16/2017
It was 1985 and Joe Simpson was in big trouble. He’d fallen, his leg was broken, and he was high in the Peruvian Andes. After a freak mountaineering accident, he landed deep in an icy crevasse. At that altitude, in blizzard conditions, a broken leg was basically a death sentence, never mind the fact that he … More You Gotta Go Down * 10 Minute Devotional
Why Daylight Savings Time is Every Parent’s Nightmare
03/13/2017
Daylight Savings Time surprises me biannually with its awfulness. Pre-kid, DST is annoying. You have an extra cup of coffee or try to go to bed a little earlier. Post-kid? DST is the kind of thing for which Dante needs to invent another circle of H-E-double-hockey-sticks in his Inferno. If you, like me, are muttering … More Why Daylight Savings Time is Every Parent’s Nightmare
Monday Mommy Gifs 9
03/13/2017
Cooked dinner that the whole family actually liked, and it didn’t involve a single nugget.
A Gospel Paradox * 10 Minute Devotion
03/09/2017
Back when I trained as a hospice chaplain, I was often surprised at how much our team–doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains–laughed together. It wasn’t that we didn’t cry, too. We cried a lot. We cried plenty. Watching people die, supporting them at the end of life, ministering to their families and friends, it made each of us … More A Gospel Paradox * 10 Minute Devotion
10 Times Sesame Street Perfectly Described Life as a 30-Something
03/07/2017
Random stranger: “Yeah, you should have that mole checked out.” Isn’t getting older awesome? 2. When you realize that the super odd kid from your high school went to Harvard Law, has published three books, started an African NGO, and is running for Congress. Oh YEAH? Well, I… ate a kale salad today instead of … More 10 Times Sesame Street Perfectly Described Life as a 30-Something
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