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January 2015

January 07, 2015

Why I Never Wanted Pets but Got One Anyway

I never wanted pets, never grew up with pets, yet now I have one. Here's...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

Stubborn Releasing: Walking with My Kid through the Desert

My daughter's going through very bad times, yet God calls me to release her.

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Wisdom through the Ages: Family Advice for the High School Grad

My daughter graduated from high school and 3 generations of our family tried to give...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Primping for Prom

My daughter's been working on prom for months now and I'm exhausted!

May 21, 2014

Last Wednesday Night: Parenting in Calculus, Crisis and Noxious Gas

My almost 18 year old had a meltdown over calculus and I couldn't do anything...

May 15, 2014

Kids & Core Sins

My child asked me to identify their core sin and didn't like the answer.

May 09, 2014

Put Down That Phone!

In a time when we're all tempted to hide behind technology rather than engage with...

February 2014

February 05, 2014

Snow Day Tale

My husband insisted we buy a snowblower so we could help our 80 year old...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

What Cheerios and Kids Can Teach Us About Race

Cheerios ran a commercial with a biracial family that generated so many racist comments they...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Halloween No More (And a Recipe for Sweet Potato Cake)

My kids are too old for trick-or-treating. I'm mourning the passing of an age.

October 23, 2013

Why My Kids and I Hate “Chinese Food”

The youtube hit "Chinese Food" struck a bad chord in my kids. Here's why.

October 16, 2013

Do Colleges Want My Kid? Or Just Her Application?

Colleges are recruiting my daughter like crazy, but I don't think they really want her--just...

October 02, 2013

Teaching Our Kids to Talk

Our kids talked all over each other, so we decided some parental rules on conversation...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Senior Panic

What does it look like to be faithful when you also have an addiction to...

September 18, 2013

I Sent My Daughter to Spain. . .and She Survived

I worried about sending my 17 year old daughter to Spain for the summer. ....

September 04, 2013

Why Not Just Breastfeed in Private?

Asked not to breastfeed in public, this mom argues back

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Teaching our Kids to Swim

A kid almost drowned in my pool last week--reinforcing my passion that we must teach...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Why I Want My Kids to “Party” More

I want my kids to party more than they do--here's my plan

April 2013

April 10, 2013

Speak no Evil?

My kids hear me let out the occasional four-letter word, here's why I don't feel...

April 05, 2013

Run Baby Run

I passed down the "hate to exercise" gene to my kids--but have tried to get...

April 03, 2013

How to Make a Barbie Princess Cake

How to make a Barbie princess cake for your little princess, feminist convictions be damned.

March 2013

March 27, 2013

My Kids are Rotten, Just Like Me

Like the Grinch, I can't take the noise and chaos of siblings bickering, especially when...

March 16, 2013

The Sibling Battle

I find that my kids respond to one another in similar ways that I respond...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Confessions of a Tiger Mom Failure

Several weeks ago, Ling and I attended our first college application orientation at her high...

February 15, 2013

What I’ll Never Write About (But Sure Wish I Could)

I’m 3 months and 14 days away from mothering 3 official teenagers. Scary. In 3...