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A Peculiar Mom

“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.... >Full Story

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Dec 10: A Few Weeks Later

Loneliness. Perhaps we don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone, and we don’t realize how much we need companionship until we are faced with being alone. Maybe that’s why we’re afraid to reach out to others, because we fear that they won’t understand what we’re going through. Do you deal with loneliness? Have... >Read More



When Pain Persists

As a child, I never imagined that one day, I would suffer from chronic pain. I was an active kid, a teen who loved physical activity. I thought I would remain healthy forever, but sometimes, life takes a detour. A few months after the birth of my third child, my right side started trembling whenever I made the slightest move.... >Read More



The Greatest Mother on Earth

Missing the mark of being a perfect mom?  Discover how you can be yourself by taking this free online course. Hanging on the wall of our guest bath is a framed, handmade Mother’s Day card, a simple watercolor painting of a purple flower (perhaps a pansy?) with pale green stem and surrounding splashes of orange. Who knew this budding artist’s...... >Read More



30 Second Challenge: Listening to Your Kids

At twenty-six years of age I was eight months pregnant with our fourth child. It seemed like I spent most of my time wiping counters, faces, hands, or bottoms. I often had at least one child clinging to my pant legs, either wanting my attention or just randomly tattling on the others. In the middle of this stage of my... >Read More



Filling the Storehouse

Are you feeling discouraged and hopeless? Do you want someone to help you? Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30 am EDT. “Seven years of great abundance are coming…but seven years of famine will follow… Collect the food of these good years and store up the grain… This food will be used... >Read More



For The Love of Mothers

"Nobody told me there would be days like this." John Lennon sang those words and my mother's heart agrees. Sometimes I wonder what the reality is. I was told, in bits and pieces, things about being a mother. Didn't I hear about the great love mothers have for their children? From my own mother hadn't I heard some tidbits of... >Read More



Loving and Letting Go

Are you hurting from the pain of losing a child to the distractions offered by the world? We care and want to pray for you. Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30am EST. “His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man. The Lord... >Read More


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