Back then, it was wide open. I was teaching middle school at my kids’ private Christian school. Molly was eight, Micah was five. They loved having their mom teach at their school. They bragged about it. They visited my classroom every chance they got. They’d call out and wave frantically to me from the playground…
I thought it was the perfect project. It made so much sense to me — at the time. I was a writer. I had a two-year-old daughter. How could I combine my fledgling writing career and motherhood? Shazam! Why don’t I write, edit and design a monthly, 32-page family magazine — nearly single-handedly — and…
I felt like I’d been stabbed in the heart. My daughter Molly and her friends were sitting at the kitchen table talking about what they wanted for Christmas when one of her friends asked, “Do you guys get anything for your parents for Christmas?” Molly: Yea, well I used to, but I don’t anymore. Friend: I never have enough…
It’s beautiful, valuable and makes people rich. Gold? No, family time. Let’s protect it, like the gold at Fort Knox. A Solid Foundation. Got a Bible? You’re covered. Use it liberally all over your family time together. Devotions at the dinner table. Visible references around your house. They all firmly plant a family in the Holy…
