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Making the Grade
What makes you worthy? Good enough? Is it when you have meals ready on the table, when lunches are packed and ready to go, or if the house is tidy? Perhaps when you've succeeded in balancing your family budget? Many mothers deal with self-destructive thoughts of not meeting and exceeding expectations. FamilyLife staff Lisa Pike shares her struggles...
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A Peculiar Mom “I’m peculiar.” If she said it once, she said it a million...
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HomeBuilder 7 - May Issue 2012 There’s a sign near the FamilyLife offices that declares this “Mother’s...
Wednesday May 9, 2012 Many authors talk about something akin to the emotional bank account. None have made it more popular than Stephen Covey in the classic book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. (p. 188). The concept is that our actions toward others will make deposits or withdrawals from an emotional/relational account. As with a personal...
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Is there something wrong with me? Will anyone ever love me again? Have you caught yourself asking these questions? Have you worried about how you’re going to figure out finances and look after the home while juggling your children’s lives? If so, you are not alone. When I first became a single Mom I asked all these questions too. When you...
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Something To Live For - Victoria Childress
At a point in her life, Victoria Childress wore her heart on her sleeve -- literally. In a moment of severe pain and desperation, Victoria etched the word "SAD" on her arm with a knife. Growing up in a divided family, she felt as if she had nothing to live for. She would sit in a state of physical and emotional darkness, trying to mask an invisible...
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If you do a Google search on “wedding stress” you’ll get over 70 million results. Which is stressful. Weddings are a joyous celebration, but as any bride or groom knows, they are also inherently stressful. Researchers have found that getting married is actually more stressful than getting fired. Between money issues, family issues, and...
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2 Comments » Wednesday May 2, 2012 Communication can be a challenge at the best of times, so it is sometimes helpful to have an understanding of communication styles. In the Life Ready series called Marriage Oneness, host Tim Lundy talks about the different ways we communicate. This is not an issue of good versus bad communication, but just understanding different...
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Hitting Rock Bottom
Many people consider depression as a social taboo. As a result, a great majority of people who are depressed do not seek help. They face their battles alone, with no one but themselves to turn to. Their subtle cries for help are silenced, and their grief is discounted to something no more than a mere case of "the blues". Eventually they hit rock...
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