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What To Do When You’re Nervous
Posted on October 18, 2020 1 Comment
For years, my son has begged to do gymnastics. Mainly, I think, because his big sisters do gymnastics and he wants to be just like them. Every week since he was a baby, he and I have taken his big sisters to their class. Then, when he started talking, every week he would say, “John […]
I Really Love You
Posted on August 30, 2020 6 Comments
Time for bed. I didn’t know this before I became a parent, but those three words are full of magic. Or maybe caffeine. I’m not totally sure. Whatever the case, every night when I say those words, they seem to bewitch my children. No sooner than I finish the phrase, one child is swinging upside […]
Raising Jerktoids
Posted on February 11, 2018 Leave a Comment
My daughter is a jerktoid. There, I said it. I know it’s harsh, but it’s true. She’s selfish, stubborn, and abrasive. She whines and shouts, emotion spilling uncontrollably down her face when things don’t go her way. Then she strikes me in the face when I don’t cave in to her antics. It’s like raising […]
Why Parents Must Be Well-Versed In Love…And A Bunch of Other Virtues
Posted on November 8, 2015
How is parenthood a step toward sainthood? Find out here!
“Funny how children force us to be sanctified. Silly me, when I started this whole parenting thing, I thought it was MY job to keep THEM pure.
But I’ve found that by trying to shape and mold my daughters’ morals, my own character gets put through the fire. As though parenthood—when done right—is a little taste of purgatory. A little snippet of life that trims the fat from our soul, then sets it ablaze until it’s golden.”
Love Resistant
Posted on March 19, 2015
A good friend of mine recently posted a video on her social media website. In the clip, her husband wrapped his arms lovingly around their dog and stroked the canine’s black coat of fur. The pup whimpered, his eyes wide, pleading for someone—anyone—to rescue him from his master’s embrace. The dog didn’t stop resisting my […]
You Don’t Have to Try
Posted on August 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
The other night, I was watching So You Think You Can Dance, one of my all-time favorite TV shows. It’s a summer series that showcases the talent and hard work of trained artists who compete to become America’s favorite dancer. In the most recent episode, one couple did a beautiful Broadway piece based on the […]
Love: A Response to Hate
Posted on June 4, 2014 5 Comments
After adding my most recent post, All the Single Ladies (And Gentlemen), many of you have reached out and shared your stories. I am grateful and humbled that you have allowed me to walk with you on your journey. One reader, however – a woman whom I have never met or heard from before – […]
Cry, Cry My Beloved Child
Posted on October 17, 2013 Leave a Comment
Imagine you’re unable to move or speak. Your stomach churns violently, constricting on itself. You have no ability to feed yourself. You can’t even form words to tell someone about your hunger. The pangs yank harder in your belly. What would you do? My daughter cries. And I don’t blame her. She is not capable […]
Love AND Marriage?
Posted on January 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation recently described marriage as an “institution in decay”. Due to shifts in values and lifestyles, they claim that our country transformed from one of the most marrying nations in the world to a society that questions the validity and value of marriage. Ironically, though, the things that […]
God-Sized Dreams Team
Posted on January 22, 2013 5 Comments
Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’ So God created mankind in his own […]
