Children have a way of pushing our buttons. They seem to know exactly what irritates us, and seem to delight in testing limits. These testing moments seem like intrusions, keeping us from the teaching we want to do. But could they really be opportunities? We tend to picture opportunities to teach our children as happy…
That mom has it all figured out. Look at how amazingly her house is put together and her children behave! Look at all she’s doing, while I struggle just to keep up with the laundry. I never realized how intense and real the doubts and insecurities of motherhood would be until I became one. It…
It’s easy to smile inside at our children’s fears, knowing they’re irrational and that the solution they’ve come up with to protect themselves wouldn’t work anyway. Yet as moms, we often have own set of irrational fears and vain attempts to control the future. We desperately want to protect our children–to give them everything. We…
The blueberries we’d just bought had scattered all over the floor. So much for putting the groceries away. As I knelt to pick them up, I heard my child, in a perfect imitation of me, say, “You need to learn to be more careful.” Ouch. The last time I’d had an accident like this, my…
“Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.” 2 Corinthians 10:12 (ESV) As moms, it’s amazing how many different expectations we put on ourselves. We tend to get…
Our minds as moms can easily fill with worry. We fear we’ve done or are doing something wrong, will forget to do something, have forgotten to do something—the list goes on. We tend to blame ourselves for everything bad that happens, thinking if we were just a better mom, it wouldn’t have. As I battled…
“I like spicy food, just like Daddy.” It’s cute when our children want to be just like Mommy and Daddy, but it’s also a bit sobering. After all, they’re watching how we handle life’s daily trials…and copying us. We all know how irritating it is when our child decides to whine and complain instead of…
Have you ever found yourself reading the Bible, but not feeling like you’re even hearing what you’re reading because your mind is still swarming with thoughts of how you should handle your child’s bizarre behavior…or all you need to get done? Our minds as moms can so easily run nonstop. When they do, we usually…
It’s easy as moms to get ourselves going in so many different directions we sometimes wonder how our head doesn’t spin off from going back and forth. If we’re not careful, we’ll find ourselves constantly on the go, thinking about the next place and missing out on enjoying and training the child right in front…
Have you ever had one of those days where rather than doing all the great things you’d planned, you have to spend hours just working through simple tasks because a child won’t obey? It’s easy to feel angry and defeated in those moments. There’s another way to look at those disastrous moments, though. What if…
I’m a sinner saved by grace through Jesus Christ. I’m also a writer—I’ve been writing ever since I could hold a pen. I… Meet Katherine [Loop] Hannon.
