One way we WON’T be encouraging our daughter

I was searching for books for my baby girl. I needed to add some to her wishlist in preparation for her birthday. We love books. We have more books in our house than balls in the ball pit. More books than we really have room for. It’s getting out of hand. In a...

Let’s Do Better: “My man is a _______…”

I’ve seen the memes, the social media posts: “I have three children–Jimmy, Sara, and my husband…” “I’m not sure who is easir to raise–my children or my husband…” There are far more memes which are far too...

Let’s do better: “Just wait until…”

“Just wait until college. That’s when the real hard work begins.” “Just wait until you have a full-time job; it becomes so monotonous and annoying.” “Just wait until you get married. You’ll see how hard it is!”...

Let’s Do Better: “Reasonable”

I’m looking for [insert service or product or experience] at a reasonable price. Raise your hand if you’ve seen or written something along these lines somewhere in your life.  *raises hand* We mean well.  We don’t want to waste money. As Christians,...

Broken. All of us are broken.

Guys, we’re broken. We. Are. Broken. And we’ve got to come to terms with it. I had a hard conversation with a friend recently.  She’s going through the stuff.  Ugh. You know what I’m talking about.  And it all piled on too high, complete with...