As our children step into adulthood, our role as parents changes dramatically. We move from directing their daily steps to watching from the sidelines as they make their own decisions, navigate careers, build relationships, and manage life’s heavy pressures. And if we are honest, that transition can bring moments where fear tries to creep in….
Friend, have you ever looked back at a heavy, hard season of your life and been relieved that God didn’t let you see what was coming? I know I have. If we could see every rugged path waiting for us, we might just sit down and quit. Thankfully, God doesn’t let us see the future….
When our family welcomed new children through foster care and adoption, it was one of the most beautiful—and utterly overwhelming—seasons of my life. Our home was suddenly filled with new routines, new fears, and a delicate mix of big emotions. I felt weary, but my load was lightened immeasurably when neighbors, friends, and our church…
If you are looking at the calendar and realizing the back-to-school season is right around the corner, you might be feeling a mix of excitement and quiet panic. Balancing lesson plans, fresh curriculum, and household management can make any seasoned or rookie homeschool mom feel overwhelmed. When I look back at my time management secrets…
If you are sitting at your kitchen table right now, staring at a fresh stack of homeschool curriculum and feeling a wave of overwhelm, fear, or deep self-doubt about the upcoming school year, please take a deep breath. You are not alone, and you are exactly the mom your children need. Twenty years ago, when…
From 2010 to 2016, John and I adopted seven children. First, we added one, then two more, and then four more. After all of the adoptions were finalized, we were homeschooling seven kids between the ages of 5 and 15. That’s a lot! Trying to teach six different grade levels to seven different kids individually…
I was looking through some old family photos the other day and stumbled across one that took me right back to the summer of 2006. It was a picture of our family trip to Silverwood Theme Park in Northern Idaho. Looking at those sweet, young faces, a wave of that beautiful, bittersweet ache washed over…
Don’t you just love summer? For most of us, this season means the textbooks get tucked away and our days fill up with beautiful park playdates, road trips, museum field trips, and library outings. Now that my last two homeschoolers are nearly grown, they’re often out living their own lives, doing their own thing. But…
With Father’s Day right around the corner, I know that for many of us, this holiday doesn’t come with the picture-perfect, Hallmark-card feelings. Instead, it can bring a quiet, heavy ache. If you look at your family tree and see brokenness, missing pieces, or complicated relationships, I want you to know right now: you are…
Okay, can we talk for a minute about how fast the years fly by? I am feeling that reality so deeply right now. We just graduated another one of our students this spring. That means I am down to my final two high schoolers at home! With eight of my ten children now graduated and…
John and I have ten kids, and that’s a lot! Even now, when several of them have grown up and moved out, it’s still easy to see “the kids” as a group; but they are individuals. With each of them, there is a one-on-one relationship that needs to be fostered and nurtured. This is hard…
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