by Janet | Jun 24, 2023 | Family, Gender, Womanhood
A Message to Young Women from a Could-Have-Been Trans Man Sometimes, my sisters would call me John. I hated all things girly. The only Barbie I owned was Western Barbie because she wore pants and had a truck & trailer. My most memorable Christmas gift was a...
by Janet | Nov 10, 2021 | Christmas, Family
Day 1: MORE TO THE STORY “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith...
by Janet | Mar 13, 2018 | Contentment, Family, Parenting
For the purposes of peace and grace, this is another post that requires that I define who it is written for. Like army wives write to encourage army wives, homeschool moms write to encourage homeschool moms and working moms write to encourage working moms, today I...
by Janet | Feb 21, 2018 | Comparison, Excellence, Family, Parenting
This post contains insights that I wish I knew 18 years back but didn’t discover until a few years ago. It really can liberate you from the crippling comparison game that plagues so many moms. So before you restock that designer diaper bag, slave over that...
by Janet | Jan 9, 2018 | Family, Parenting, Self-Control, Uncategorized
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap… And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Gal. 6:7,9 I knew I shouldn’t do it, but I did it anyway. The apple seed in my...
by Janet | Dec 14, 2017 | Character, Family, Parenting, Self-Control, Speech
“Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.” Ecclesiastes 10:20 One of God’s greatest gifts to me during my early mothering years was a...
