5 Simple Ways to Nurture Your Children

Christin

The days can seem mundane and chaotic. We become lost in the consistent feeding of our children, bathing them, clothing them, washing their clothes, cleaning their dishes, changing diapers. 

We can get caught up in the robotic life of caring for the physical needs of our children.

Nurturing our children can become lost in all the day to day “necessities”. Which are necessary to living, but mothering is so much more than that.

Oftentimes, instead of my children being individuals, with unique personalities and interests, they are cared for as a collective bunch.

So Your Child's about to Graduate?

So Your Child's about to Graduate?

Christy Fitzwater

Last night I cried over a turquoise, felt-tip marker. 

You have to know this 17-year-old baby of mine. The one who wears socks that have everything from tacos to moustaches on them. The one who does his homework in block letters because he doesn’t want his writing to look like anyone else’s. The one who does calculus assignments in felt-tip pen because he thinks it looks so classy. 

Not This Day: A Call for Solidarity on the Dark Days of Motherhood

Jennifer Deibel

I sat on the subway and watched her jostle and struggle to balance her wily toddler, the sippy cup, and stuffed animal all while trying not to let the stroller roll away as the train rumbled on deep underground.

She glanced up and for a brief second our eyes met. I saw the same fatigue in her eyes as I felt in my own. I nodded in solidarity and spoke to her with my eyes, "You've got this. You're doing great, Mama." Though separated by a sea of commuters, we were - for that brief second - community to one another.

Encouragement For The Weary Wife

Encouragement For The Weary Wife

Carlie Kercheval

Marriage is no easy feat. Anyone who has been married for a few years can tell you that. But on the flip side, marriage is one of God's greatest gifts to His creation. One gift that requires hard work, determination, patience, grace, forgiveness, wisdom and lots and lots of unconditional love.

But what happens when a wife becomes weary?

When a wife becomes weary she must decide to enter into battle and fight for her marriage and remove anything that is in her way. Yes, anything.

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