How to Have an Adventure With Your Kids Without Feeling Overwhelmed (AKA For the mom who wants to drink coffee and read books but wants her kids to have good memories)

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When I was seventeen, my best friend, Tania, and I jumped into my white Plymouth Duster and drove from State College, Pennsylvania, to Atlanta, Georgia—straight through in thirteen hours. We drove ninety miles an hour nearly the whole trip. We were reckless and young and crazy. But, oh, did we have fun. Singing at the top of our lungs, windows down, not a care in the world.

How to Parent a Child with a Sensitive Spirit

How to Parent a Child with a Sensitive Spirit

Angie Tolpin

Most of us enter into parenthood desiring to be the best parents in the world! We have pre-determined expectations we lay on ourselves based upon what we experienced personally and what we witnessed in friends homes. The moment we enter motherhood we want to be the better mom.

But let’s do a parenting audit, a soul-shaping check.

Are our parenting decisions unintentionally corrupting our child’s innocence?

When You're Empty

Elisa Pulliam

It feels like there is nothing left in me to give.

Have you ever spoken those words out loud or whispered them to God in desperation?

On any normal day, do you feel like there’s not enough of you to meet the needs pressing in?

What happens when normal turns into a string of chaos? Then how do you manage?

A Mom's Ministry of Letters

Kristen Kill

“You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.” - Jane Austen

I've always had a charming scene in my mind where I envision my days at a beautiful old- fashioned secretary, sunlight glowing through the windows, billowy sheer curtains flowing in the breeze. I'd sit and write, sharing ideas and scripture and anecdotes about life with all the friends we've met living and traveling all over the globe. The environment where I write and read is vastly different than that of my imagination, but connecting through letters still nourishes my soul with a depth I crave.

To a Year of Seizing the Moment

Beth Guckenberger

I am so not good with transitions. Can anyone relate? When my toddlers went to school full-time, I grieved. I kept thinking, when would we go to the park? (I have since realized we have thousands of park dates left.) When my teenagers got their license, I grieved when would we have captive conversations in the car? (I have since realized we have thousands of more miles together.)

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