It’s not always clean, because this is real life,these are real children, and this is real learning.
Because I am a real mom.
But…when all the eraser dust settles, the masterpiece will be seen…

I urge our generation to step back, to find the value in sitting at the feet of those that have gone before us, to step away from the online communities and back into real relationships, Bible studies, mentorships, and doing life together.

“You are not making the cut.” “You are not enough; you can’t do this.” So often these are the things we whisper to ourselves. Not only are we moms, wives and keepers of our home, but we are also the primary educators of our children. At times it can feel overwhelming. We feel as if…

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I saw a photo the other day of a worn out, exhausted mother collapsed onto a chair, hand to forehead. The caption under the picture read “I put my symptoms into Web MD and it turns out I just have kids.” I couldn’t help but giggle. I knew exactly how she felt…

I wanted that freedom. I wanted that heart. I wanted to shake off the chains of formal education and embrace this love of teaching and learning that I saw; it felt so much more powerful than a piece of paper that was stamped with the big word CERTIFIED…

Do your kids have to stand by your side looking up at you, hoping to pull your eyes from the device, wondering why it seems more important than they are?
Do you carry on half-focused conversations with your children while your eyes, rather than looking into theirs, are looking into a screen?

What I thought, when I heard this, was that my kids would never fight, that we would not experience conflict in our family, and that there would be a beautiful unity between our children in our home, always.
Oh how wrong I was…

In the last two decades, childhood has moved indoors. The average American child spends as few as 30 minutes of unstructured outdoor play each day. Studies show that teens spend more than seven hours each day in front of a screen and now, with online learning becoming more common, our younger children are clocking in at about the same.
It’s hurting our kids. This is not how they were designed to thrive.

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As we are raising our children in righteousness amongst a world that is departing rapidly from truth, we are in a battle and the hearts and minds of our children are under attack.
We must look not just at the arrow, but beyond it as well…

Mom pressure is real.
The weight we carry is not a light load.
The demands on us are not child’s play.
The outcome of what we do happens to effect the life of another human.
No pressure, but mediocrity is not an option.
Lives are hanging in the balance…