Recently there was a young family sitting behind me on my flight from Detroit to Syracuse.  It was not a pleasant flight. I know flying with a baby, an almost 4 year old, and a 6 year old is tough. It was a 4 1/2 hour flight, and undoubtedly the parents were really tired. Being a parent is one... >Read More

Tags: better parenting, Family, FamilyLife, Shelia Wray Gregoire, travel, travel tips, traveling with children

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“I’m peculiar.” If she said it once, she said it a million times. That was my mom.  For a number of years, my sister and her son lived with our mom. My nephew always lovingly told her she was “weird”. Her response? “I’m not weird; I’m just peculiar!” She was correct. As one of God’s treasured possessions she was peculiar....... >Read More

Tags: Deut 5:16, Family, family issues, family values, mom, mother, Mother's Day

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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... >Read More

Tags: Family, family issues, fear, help, Linda McCutcheon, overcoming fear, parenting, single mom survival kit, single parent, single parenting

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He was 52 and his father in his mid-70’s when they learned about each other. No kidding – they had each lived all those years without knowing the other one existed. Well, the son, whose name was John, knew he had a father, or had at one time, but his mother had told him that his father had died... >Read More

Tags: becoming a christian, come home, faith & spirituality, Family, lost, prodigal son, reconciliation, reunite

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As a single mom, boundaries are essential to keep your family’s life stable and constant. Some people think that boundaries are negative because they put limits on our choices.  I have to disagree. We all need boundaries to safeguard us for a healthy lifestyle.  Without boundaries, life can be one exhausting attempt to catch up. Some families...... >Read More

Tags: boundaries, divorce, Family, family issues, Linda McCutcheon, parenting, single mom survival kit, single parent, single parenting, survival

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I never imagined that I would be a single Mom. It only took a moment, just one question really, to turn my life upside down and change it forever. For years we sat in church together as a family. People used to say we looked like the family from Leave It to Beaver. Now here I was, parenting alone. ... >Read More

Tags: divorce, Family, family issues, Linda McCutcheon, parenting, single mom survival kit, single parent, single parenting, survival

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Do you feel like part of the family? Come talk to a mentor. “I'm praying not only for them but also for those who will believe in me because of them and their witness about me. The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind—just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, so... >Read More

Tags: devo, Devotional, Family, John 17:20-21, unity

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