Rhonda Rhea
Rhonda Rhea speaks at special events and conferences across the country. She is the author of seven books, including High Heels in High Places, The Purse-uit of Holiness and Whatsoever Things Are Lovely. She is a humor columnist for publications in the U.S. and Canada and is also a radio personality. In addition to her weekly radio feature, Rhonda appears often on many radio programs, including Focus on the Family's "Weekend Magazine." Find out more at www.RhondaRhea.org
Putting a Spring in Your Step
My kids keep asking me if I’ll bounce on the new trampoline with them. I keep telling them that I can bounce without the trampoline. Besides I could get hurt on that thing. Not just the average compound-fracture-when-you-splatter-on-the-ground kind of injury. No, women over 40 don’t want to sass gravity. For instance, a younger woman [...] Read More >
Socks, Cellulite and Other Mysteries
Life is full of questions and mysteries. What is the meaning of life? Why do our socks periodically “rapture” and why don’t they ever go up in pairs? Why can only one person in the house put on a new roll of toilet paper? Why do we still get cellulite when we’re not eating anything fun? [...] Read More >
The Father Nose Best
It happened around five years ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday. I had been stewing in my hot car all day with my five little ones. I delivered a son to baseball practice, delivered a husband to a church finance meeting, delivered the forgotten ball glove, and a bajillion other deliveries in [...] Read More >
The Finishing Touch
Have you ever had one of those days when nothing gets done? It’s not that you haven’t worked hard, but at the end of the day, everything looks about the same. You empty your bank account paying the bills knowing that, though the paycheck is history, the bills will be fruitful and multiply. You clean [...] Read More >
The Grass Is Always Greener?
I was so excited when I found out our new house would have a mudroom. It took on new meaning as we tried to get our lawn started. For the seed to germinate, the sprinklers had to be going almost non-stop. That, however, makes the lawn a massive mud pit. Everytime my husband went out to move the [...] Read More >
The Meat-eater and the Need-meeter
It’s just about time for my baby’s 2:00 feeding. He’s sixteen. It’s amazing how these teens revert back to infancy around this age. The feedings are about every two hours. As a matter of fact, I worry about frostbite. His head is only out of the refrigerator for short periods of time. I’m concerned that [...] Read More >
The Outer Limits
My sister Gina mourned the day her youngest son was too big to fit into the grocery cart. It wasn’t one of those “my baby is growing up” mourning things. It was more like a prayer: “Lord, help us – Jake is free.” My four-year-old nephew makes shopping an adventure. On one trip, I watched [...] Read More >
The Wonder Years
We had five babies in seven years. I know some of you overachievers have had more. I’m deeply impressed by your fortitude. They really were the wonder years - mostly because I sometimes wonder how we did it. We were basically in survival mode. There were around ten (count ‘em, TEN) straight years of diapers. There [...] Read More >
This Old House: Laughing at age and gravity
A few years ago, make-up was something I wore just because I was old enough to get away with it. A hint of color here, a splash of flair there. These days, make-up is a necessity. And it takes time. What used to be a light touchup has now become more like a major sheet [...] Read More >
To Do or Not To Do
I’m a mega-list person. Sometimes I get carried away and start making lists of my lists. Now that’s embarrassing. There’s probably a 12-step program. I’m intrigued that they’ll need to list the steps. I love what a list does for me. It helps me sort out all the “have to do’s” from the “wish I had time to [...] Read More >