How to Plan a Birthday Party for Your Little Spy

My oldest daughter has been into detective/spy stuff for quite some time. We devour Nancy Drew books, and she even created her own detective bag – complete with note pad, flashlight, secret codes, fingerprint kit, etc. Also, one time during our Bible study, I...

True Confessions of a Tired Mom

If anyone says motherhood was easy, they are either referring to their pet hamsters or they are heavily medicated. I’ll admit, I used to beat myself up over not getting things done perfectly. After I got over that, I would occasionally beat myself up over not...

Post Easter Musing

My daughters finally cornered me.  “Mommy, are you really the Easter Bunny!?” After a few minutes of trying to skirt around the subject by asking them questions, like “What do you think?”, I realized it was futile. I caved in. “I’m...

Forty? Really?

I mean, really?! How can it be that I will be forty years old in less than two months? I’ve seen it coming for some time now. It started gradually enough. Slowly, but surely, the daring nighties and satin bras took flight from their lavender paper lined home. The...

Who’s in Your Circle?

The following blog is a reprint of an article I wrote published in Proverbs 31 Magazine (2004). As parents, it is often difficult to keep from devoting every single ounce of energy to our children. When they are babies, we are responsible for caring for their every...