My younger daughter (on the left) and her friend before their Veterans’ Day program at school yesterday.
Katie lists 8 Ways to Live a Simpler Life as a Christian Mother.
Elizabeth says My Prickly Teen is Teaching Me New Ways to Love. If you don’t have a teenager yet, trust me when I say you may want to save this post to refer to later!!
Tricia shares How to Truly Love Your Middle Schooler.
I realized anew how much I take the Bible for granted after reading Rachel’s article on Two Secret Churches in North Korea Show How Powerful the Bible Really Is.
If you have a road trip coming up, you may want to check out Anne’s list of 40 Favorite Audiobooks for Kids.
My plans for today include going on a breakfast date with my husband, then taking one of my daughters shopping for basketball shoes. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
Oh, Tracey, thank you so much for passing on my “prickly piece.” I can’t tell you what that means to me, especially since I never expected to write a post like that. But God uses our kids over and over to teach us about love, doesn’t He? Blessings to you, and thank you again!
Yes, God does – and He also uses my children to refine me, and teach me more about myself and my sinful nature. Sometimes I think we imagine we are the only ones with a “prickly” teen, so it’s always comforting to know that there are other moms who know how we’re feeling!!
I really appreciated the post about loving a prickly child. I don’t have one of those – yet, but I may, and I hope to remember this advice. I also enjoyed the post about simplifying life; we Americans can always use more simplifying! And the story about North Korea is humbling and so wonderful!
Maybe you can get through all five children without a prickly one!! 🙂
Omigosh, yes – the Prickly Teen!!! (THANK YOU, Elizabeth!) I am sooo feeling my way through this with Will. He was always a snuggler & super personal talker with me; that’s dwindling majorly, replaced with ear buds, grunts, “meh”, and closed doors. I’m searching for those new ways to love, too: picking up what he needs for a project when he texts & asks, reveling in the now-rare moments he wants to be silly with me, etc.
I totally understand – been there with a teen myself!! 🙂 I will say that as we’re getting into the later teen years with one daughter, it has gotten a little less “prickly” (at least some days 😉 so I think there’s hope on the horizon!!
You absolutely give me hope!