Reading Time: 2 minutes Image by atl10trader It only took two weeks into hosting a Latvian orphan through New Horizons for Children this summer for Kirk and Beth Bleavins to know they wanted to become her forever family. They fell in love with 14-year-old Vanda’s laugh. And it was heart wrenching to send her back to a place where […]
Archives for January 2011
Losing Bobby
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of my goals for 2011 was to wean my 2 ½-year-old daughter from her pacifier. Experts say the best time to wean is around six months. So, we’re two years late. Better late than never, right? In my defense, I’ve known many kids who’ve had their pacies for at least as long as mine […]
Resolving to be a Better Mom
Reading Time: 3 minutes Like many of you, I’m entering 2011 with a list of goals for the new year. Although my list includes some of the stereotypical resolutions, I want my objective for 2011 to focus less on myself and more on my family. Specifically, I’d like to become a better wife and mother. When I was expecting […]
Happy to be Back Where She Nearly Started
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today, as you read this, I celebrate my 30th birthday. I’m probably at home, caring for my 2-year-old and newborn. Perhaps I’m writing, perhaps not. If you had asked me a few years ago where I’d be on my 30th birthday, a work-at-home mom living in my hometown would have been the last place I […]
My Second Pregnancy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you expecting your own little one? Get FREE week-by-week pregnancy updates here! For help with preparing for a natural childbirth, check out the #1 bestselling online childbirth course, Mama Natural Birth Course. You can watch the course in the comfort of your own home! When I discovered I was expecting my second daughter, it was the […]
Ministering to Those at the End of Life’s Race
Reading Time: 3 minutes To Cheryl Pletcher, life is a race. And in her line of work, people happen to be at the finish line. “If people have lived a good life, we want them to have a good end,” said Pletcher, the executive director of the Carolina Comfort Coalition, a non-profit organization which provides round-the-clock care for terminally […]
The Humbled Homemaker
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m a 30-year-old stay-at-home wife and mother and freelance writer who’s hopelessly flawed on my own but redeemed by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I’m a work in progress: the same God who created me in my mother’s womb is still weaving and spinning to make me who He wants me to be. I’m […]