Elisabeth Adams 2 Minute Read Angie Smith didn’t set out to become a writer. Her blog, Bring the Rain, was begun as a way to keep family and friends up-to-date with the arrival of her fourth daughter, who was diagnosed as “incompatible with life.” Audrey Caroline lived a lifetime of just a few hours, but her mama kept right on…
Caroline Rose Sanders 5 Minute Read It’s so simple, really. When your brother or sister is cleaning your room, remember to say “thank you.” When they are tattling to mom about what a dear help you have been, turn a bashful eye. When they are cuddled up next to you reading a book and smelling so sweet, kiss them on the…
Jennifer Miles 4 Minute Read My precious daughters, You are so little right now, so entirely captivated by the joys of childhood. It is hard for me to imagine you as young women, grown and lovely and looking eagerly toward romance and marriage! Yet I know that time is coming for each of you, more quickly than I can grasp at…
Kristen Anne Glover 4 Minute Read Our kitchen table was drowning in construction paper, doilies, puffy heart-shaped stickers and contraband glitter. The children crowded around, hard at work maximizing the sticker-to-paper ratio on their Valentines, and I was hard at work trying not to be stingy about it. Chubby little fingers wrestled with scissors and an unyielding glue bottle and someone…
Caroline Rose Sanders 3 Minute Read We’ve all heard it said, “The couple that laughs together, stays together” and I couldn’t agree more. Laughter isn’t the only necessary ingredient for a happy marriage, but it certainly bonds people. Haven’t you ever had a funny episode in public and wound up laughing with strangers? Chuckling over a leaky milk carton or some…
Katie 4 Minute Read “Wait, how many people are in your family? Christmas must be crazy at your house!” I smile and nod. It’s a comment I’ve heard more times than I can count. Yes, Christmas is always crazy in a house with 12 children, and siblings introducing boyfriends/girlfriends and spouses to the mix. There are three things that happen every…
Trina Holden 3 Minute Read We’re celebrating Thanksgiving in Alabama. Even though we live in upstate New York. We will celebrate Christmas in New York, but without Grandma and Grandpa. They’ll be in Alabama. See, my husband’s family is managing two businesses right now — one in Alabama, one in New York. Someone needs to be present in both places,…
Elisabeth Adams 6 Minute Read Recently, I was chatting with an Armenian-American friend about the foods I enjoy in Israel. When she heard I’m a fan of tabouleh salad, she invited me to her home to eat some. And there I learned the lesson any down-home American cook knows. Just as every woman’s potato salad or apple pie is just…
Jennifer Miles 2 Minute Read Commentary from my first month of homeschooling a preschooler, a kindergartener, and a first grader. Never a dull moment! We’ve been learning about the planets and their orbits, the earth’s rotation, etc. This morning I heard Bethany (3) “teaching” her dolly: “The earth spins around one time and it’s morning, and then it spins around again…
Guest Author 3 Minute Read by Jennifer Scott My friend’s back yard garden is a slice of calm, natural beauty and peace in the midst of an otherwise busy neighborhood. When you walk through her back gate you have found a secret garden of sorts, with chirping birds, cardinals and blue jays swooping in for a visit. The aroma (largely gardenia…
Katie 5 Minute Read My heart broke as I watched him walk away. Lord, why? Why am I here in this place? Why are you showing me this? I feel as if my hands are tied. I would fight this battle for him I could, but I’m left to only fight alongside him in a way that feels far…
Guest Author 5 Minute Read by Angie Tolpin It was one of those days — you know the kind; itʼs only 2 oʼclock and you’re already exhausted. You’ve just finished putting the little ones down for their afternoon naps and you look around at all the dishes that need to be done before you can even think of starting dinner. …
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