Category: Motherhood

  • Parenting Reflections: Learning and Growing with My Children

    Parenting Reflections: Learning and Growing with My Children

    Last week, my oldest son asked me if I wanted to go to get some frozen yogurt with him after work. I felt honored that he would even ask me. He’s now 16, and it’s been hard to connect with him since he became a teenager. Needless to say, I jumped on the opportunity to…

  • Dear Teen Mom, Your Life is Just Beginning

    Dear Teen Mom, Your Life is Just Beginning

    Although this post was written a few years ago, but it’s still so relevant for me today. My oldest son has been away this week at FCA Camp, and this has been the first time that he’s been away by himself. As he’s been away, I’ve just been reflecting on his life, and God’s grace.…

  • My Mother

    When I think about all of the many past influences in my life, my mother is by far the most influential teacher. I looked to her to show me what was to be a woman. I admired her and tried to do what she did. It wasn’t just the lessons she would tell me, but…

  • Embracing Motherhood

    Embracing Motherhood

    The things I wish I embraced… Growing up, I never imagined being a mother, let alone, a stay-at-home mother of five. I also didn’t picture getting married and having to quit my job to stay home with my two toddlers because I would no longer be getting help with childcare. It opened a whole new…