Loving the Little Years
Parenting Books

Loving the Little Years

Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read

Two potty accidents, a spilled bowl of oatmeal, no morning naps, and I’m finally stepping into the shower at 11 a.m. I take a deep breath and tell myself, “This is the new one.”

It’s just one of the memorable anecdotal reminders for moms in Rachel Jankovic’s new book Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches… She’s a young mom of young kids. She doesn’t pretend to have it all figured out. She doesn’t tell you how to parent. Instead, she challenges other moms as she challenges herself: adjust your attitude, change your perspective.

why mommies need Jesus every second…

Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read

People tell me my children are good. But those are the people sitting in front of us at church. I know how many times they have gotten up or acted up.

But I don’t want to be raising my children to look good. I want to raise them to want to be good.

I know how little good it will do in the long run if they are “sitting down on the outside but standing up on the inside.”

When It’s Hard to Hear Above the Noise:letters to a mom of young children, from a mom who’s been there
Motherhood

When It’s Hard to Hear Above the Noise:
letters to a mom of young children, from a mom who’s been there

Guest Author 11 Minute Read

From Mother, To Daughter Dear Lisa, It has been a long time since we really connected.  I know my schedule is difficult to work around, and your little people need you almost non-stop, and I know you cherish the short time you have with your husband.  I’m not sure there is a solution.  But I…

Of Wives and Mothers

Of Wives and Mothers

Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read

“Too many women jump to some rather unfortunate conclusions when it comes to the concept of homemaking. They seem to associate it solely with child-raising, forgetting that in his divine order the Lord calls us to be wives before He calls us to be mothers. It is a wonderful thing to encourage women to be…

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