Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage
Peter DeVries once said, “The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.” I think both processes are important, but have nonetheless found his…
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What Spiders Know that Moms Forget
Moms are amazing. They birth babies. They make milk. They keep their household humming. But spiders are pretty savvy, too. They spin silk. They weave webs. They provide for public…
25 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Success
The fourth of our twelve children will be leaving the nest in another couple of months, and it has my husband and me reexamining the job we have done (thus…
Enough with the Excuses
I don’t know who said it, but it’s true: “If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way. If it’s not, you’ll find an excuse.” Lots of wives have become…
HOPE for Hurting Marriages
I’m over at The Laundry Moms this weekend writing about HOPE for Hurting Marriages. Marriages are under assault today like never before. Even rock-solid relationships are not immune to attack,…
The Art of Leadership: Practice Makes Progress
Shortly before we married, my husband’s grandmother attempted to teach me how to tat. For those unfamiliar with this dying art form, tatting is a very tedious, time-consuming method of…