Yesterday, my daughter asked me to paint with her. My first inclination was to say, "No." There are a lot of things I love to do with my children, but sitting down and painting ranks pretty low on the list. It's down there next to playing dolls and building with LEGOs. I looked around my house, and ... View Post

In the season of raising young children when we are reminded time and time again to cherish the season, to enjoy every moment, well-meaning unsolicited advice and self-inflicted guilt is overwhelming to me. As a widowed single parent, the glaring absence of my other half makes the stress and guilt ... View Post

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Psalm 42:5 Last week a missions team from Sydney spent the week with our church to serve us and help us run some evangelistic events. One of those events was for mothers called "The Joys of Motherhood". It consisted of a ... View Post