What do your friendships look like? Who are you choosing to be your friends? If your circle of friends consists solely of people who need to be rescued, and individuals who join you in poor-me pity parties, it’s time to expand your circle. Friendships are healthiest...
A Living Trust is a legal tool to help you better manage your property, or make sure your family will be taken care of after you're gone. Essentially, a trust is a transfer of legal title from the owner (or the grantor or trustor) to an institution or person (a...
Back-to-school shopping is my favorite retail shopping season. Just look at all that yummy paper, bright ink pens, handy glue sticks, and notebooks in all sizes and shades. When I was a kid and finally old enough, my mom turned me loose to visit the aisles in the...
Peaceful parenting is the natural result of Bonding With Your Child Through Boundaries. Families thrive when children know what to do and parents have systems in place that relieve the need to nag. As parents, we can guide and nurture our children to become skilled in...
As a single mom, how often do you and your family have fun? “I’m taking your sister driving,” I announced to my family one evening. “To get her license she needs to learn to parallel park.” There was a chorus of “I’m coming too,” and six other children in addition to...
Father’s Day can be awkward. Stats tell us that one in four homes is single-parent-led, and those are primarily single moms. That's a lot of women and kids with an empty place where a dad is designed to be. “Writing a book to benefit others seemed as if I was digging...
What exactly is repentance? On a sunny morning, I played outdoors with my two-year-old grandson. In our Midwest neighborhood without fences, a sound caught his attention and the little boy toddled toward the busy residential street. “Come back here this instant,” I...
Solo parents can raise confident kids, introduce them to God, and live adventurously.
Is there hope in the second commandment? “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them,...
Feel like a novice when it comes to how to get healthy? Then this beginner's guide is for you. Under crushing responsibility, it’s tempting for the single mom to put our health on hold. After all, we’re strong and have family to care for, career demands, household...
We’ve heard of soccer moms and stage mothers. I’m a writer who trailers my kids and horses across the nation. My Apple computer, fondly christened MacBeth, is the essential I bring along.