Today I am so happy to share with you my precious partner in ministry, Bonnie Wallace. She is so gracious to work alongside me, in whatever way I need. She does it with a smile; expecting nothing in return. Listen to the wise words from this beautiful mother of 5. Lynn Cowell …be filled by the Spirit: speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music from your heart to the Lord, Ephesians 5:18-19 I am a mama of five and I have four older teens living in my home. I’ve been training my children …
On why teenagers are glorious…
Our pastor, who is a dad to three grown kids, has always described the teenage years as glorious. Even when his kids were all teens at one time, he used that description. Glorious. It’s not the typical word you hear when people talk about teenagers. Every time he said it, I clung to the word, hoping it would hold true for my kids when they got to their teenage years… hoping they wouldn’t make some of the same mistakes I made, or do some of the things I did. As I’ve entered the years of being a mom to two …
The Making of a Man Starts with a Samurai Sword
It was a stare down between me and my 13 year old son. I was right and he knew it, but he wanted to be right so badly he was willing to stand eye to eye with me(because he is as tall as I am), giving me his “I think I am smarter than you” glare. Have you been there? I am no stranger to this. I have been there 3 times before with his older brothers. The early teen years for a boy can be brutal on parents and for the boy. So much is going on in the …
I Want My Mommy… Still!
I remember it like it was yesterday. My mom had bought a television… FOR MY ROOM! That was a really big deal in 1976 and I was one excited teenage girl! But Mom had become a busy working woman whose priorities had changed. Not long after that gracious gift assumed its rightful place in the corner of my room, my mom and I had a big blow out. In the midst of the mayhem my sweet mom looked me in the eye and cried out, “Good grief, Stephanie! We bought you a television for your room! What more do you …