Family

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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...

Feeling Alone In The World

At 19 weeks Beth got the devastating news that her baby had no heart beat. She was completely broken but after a year later and new pregnancy she never expected to hear the devastating news again. This time she was shattered. What do you do when your world falls apart again? Beth's poignant letter to her son, My Son Who is in Heaven, demonstrate...

Relief for Two

Just heard you're having a baby? The realization that you will soon become a parent can be a joyous but also extremely anxious time of life. "I'm going to be a parent?" you may think. "I can barely take care of myself, how can I take care of a baby?!" At least you're not alone in having butterflies. Joan Giesbrecht for example describes how "I...

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Putting the Fun in Dysfunction

This isn't the stereotypical a-little-too-happy-to-be-real family Christmas. But it's likely one the Klassen family will remember for quite awhile! How do you feel about your family times this holiday?  Tell us what you think Are you dreading Christmas this year? Popular indie musician Sufjan Stevens sings in his song "That Was the Worst Christmas...

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Keeping the Fun in Love

G. K. Chesterton once quipped that "Marriage is an adventure, like going to war." Many people approach their relationships in an antagonistic way, and see marriage as an inevitable burden. That attitude is understandable given that so many marriages today are either unhappy or end painfully in divorce. However, as Jarret and Jessie have discovered,...