by Tara Cole | Jul 29, 2022 | Motherhood
My palms sweaty, I faced the class. Twenty faces stared back at me. Some bored, some tired, many equally nervous. I paced to the whiteboard, picked up the dry erase marker, and wrote “Mrs. Cole.” “Good morning, class. I’m Mrs. Cole, and I’ll be your writing teacher...
by Gina Smith | Jun 9, 2022 | Motherhood
I am in the season of life where my children are grown and married. That has put me in the position of doing much personal evaluation (how did I do as a mom? What would I do differently if I could do it over? Where did I fail?) and of being evaluated by my children as...
by Gina Smith | May 23, 2022 | Motherhood
We want guarantees, don’t we? We want to know that if we do A,B, and C, the result will yield children who are what we imagine they should be. Like us, our children are made up of a unique personality with giftings and preferences. They are individuals that are in a...
by Gina Smith | Apr 18, 2022 | Motherhood
I am in an interesting season of life, where I am able to reflect back on all that I did while my kids were growing up. I am also able to see the results of those attempts, both in my life and in the lives of my grown and married children. As I evaluate each season of...
by Gina Smith | Feb 23, 2022 | Motherhood
I am in an interesting season of life. One where I am able to reflect back on all that I did while my kids were growing up. I am also able to see the results of those attempts, both in my life and in the lives of my grown and married children. As I evaluate each...
by Brooke McGlothlin | Dec 27, 2021 | Motherhood
Every year I reflect on December, and every year I come up short. (To listen to Brooke speak on this subject, click here). I’m not a crafty mom, a creative mom, or even a very organized mom. My husband works shift work, and consistency with schedules has always...
