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15 Things You Must Introduce To Your Children Early
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase before. It is one of the oldest proverbial sayings in the English language. And if my attempt at learning to play the piano is any indication, those words have some validity (although I’d rather not be lumped in with a dog).…
How To Believe When There is No Hope
Some days I get tired of the digging. I get tired of digging out of the many holes I find myself in. Financial. Marital. Parental. Physical. Mental. Emotional. And worse, some days those “-al” holes cave in, burying me in mounds of dirt. Stifling and suffocating, the situation appears helpless … hopeless. I know you’ve…
A New Definition of Special Needs [that includes you]
My Facebook post began with “Rachel, my 14-year-old daughter with special needs … “, and I cringed. Something about the term “special needs” bugs me, but most people know that it means she has issues that require more assistance and monitoring than normal. So in the interest of time and space, I chose to use…
Five Benefits of Waiting [and one reason]
I just booked a room for our trip to my niece’s wedding in Idaho this summer. Our first stop will be 13 1/2 hours from home (just over half way to our destination). I’m already anticipating the questions that always accompany such a drive, like the one every parent hears, “Are we there yet?” After spending hours…
Three Life Applications for Messing Up Less
We set out at a brisk pace, this time armed with a metal detector, a fresh set of eyes, and cautious optimism. We were searching for my youngest son’s lost iPod. And we had no doubt where it should be. It was somewhere under the log he had crawled over, stuck in the ravine wall he…
Three-Step Process for Controlling Doubt
Everyone struggles with it. It’s not relegated to a certain age or stage in life. And it can rob us of our productivity and purpose, seeping into our lives with paralyzing results. The insidious menace I’m writing about is “doubt.” Doubt often sneaks in when we least expect it, especially active in God’s sanctuary on…
The Search For Significance
“So what do you do?” The question hung in the air. “Stay home with my kids,” I finally managed to mumble, feeling half the size I did a moment earlier. Why did one simple question invoke such a shameful reaction? After all, I loved staying home with my children. And more importantly, I knew it was…
Overcoming the Pooh Belly Complex
This is the worst time of the year to care about that extra pudge around the middle, but I can’t help it. The scale registers a little higher and my pants fit a little bit tighter. And I’m not real happy about either. It has always been fairly easy for me to maintain my weight…
Regret and Redemption (Surrendering With All)
The instant the words left my mouth, I wanted to stuff them back in. More sharp words to cut into the hearts of those I love. There really were no reasons for my harsh remarks besides exhaustion and frustration over things completely separate from the activities of the moment. Those few hasty comments overshadowed four…
There Is Still Every Reason To Be Thankful
We ran in the cool evening air. Sliding grass-stained we pushed, pulled and laughed. I wrestled the football away from one son and tossed it to the next, giving a victory hoot while they looked on in mock surprise. Then again, a sun-smiling afternoon and a sweet girl. Gripping the racket awkward, she swung, missed…
Hello, I'm Julie, an imperfect wife and mother of four. Life in this broken world is not always easy. Yet, joy can be found in each day through the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I find it's easy for our day's blessings to get lost in its happenings. But God's "mercies never end" (Lamentations 3:22) and His "grace is sufficient" (2 Corinthians 12:9).
May the posts and pages on this site offer you a measure of peace and encouragement.
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