Family and Faith | Heart of the Matter

Frogs, Tents, and Bugs – Oh My!

All my friends say that if they ever found out I went camping in a tent, they would have to see it to believe it. And they’re right. I am not an “outdoor girl”. I don’t like to sweat, and bugs give me the creeps! I...

How We Discipline

And yes, we discipline. I promise, we do. Regardless of what you think after seeing us in Wal-Mart. I’ve had a couple of questions in the last couple of weeks about how we discipline. I read the books once upon a time. ...

Surviving the Storms of Adolescence

Luke 8:23-25 Jesus and his disciples are sailing to their next destination, when disaster strikes. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great...

Freebie Ideas for Summer Fun

Ah, summertime is upon us! A time for ice cream cones, popsicles, swimming, lightening bugs at night, BBQ’s, movie theatres, amusement parks and oh so much more. We sometimes get stuck in a rut doing the same things over and...

Little Eyes Are Watching You

photo credit: Christine – From Storms to Sunshine Even when you don’t know it they are watching. You do not get a break at anytime. When you think they cannot hear, they hear you. When you think they cannot see, they see...

Why Do I Hate Socks?

Why do I hate socks so much? Is it because each sock in a pair has opposite magnetic poles making it violently repel its match, running from its mate, hiding out heavens only knows where, daring me to come and find it, and...

Smile at your Husband

If a photographer was secretly capturing this week in your house – would the pictures have you smiling or scowling? Do you smile at your husband or are you too exhausted to smile? How can we expect our husbands to be drawn...

Road Trip!

We love to travel. We love that we can travel whenever we want to. I secretly wish that we had been the ones to think up the Kids Love… book series idea, but alas! We’ll have to simply benefit from the travel and...

Numbering Our Days

28,416.45 … What’s the significance of this number? The average life expectancy in the United States is 77.8 years, or 28,416.45 days. At my age, over half my days have already been spent. My husband taught a Sunday...

The Birthday Gift

It’s somewhat of a family tradition – my mother was born three days before my grandmother’s birthday and I had hoped one day that I would have a child I could call my ‘birthday present’. He came the...