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“Beautiful” is a carefully wielded word in our house. Not that it’s never used, but we try to refrain from using it just because Rooney’s wearing...

  It’s that time again. Time to hit the office supplies store for new notebooks, binders, pencil pouches, and protractors. It’s time to prepare ...

For the last several weeks, we’ve been working through the stories of five incredible women and giving our girls the chance to make daily reading...

Mama, you did it!  For those of you that signed on to be part of our summer reading challenge, you spent the last few weeks pouring into your daug...

Pointing out someone’s flaws so I can feel better about my own? Who me? It’s hard to admit, but I spent many of my early years watching other gi...

  Trust your own voice. I stared at those words as they sat on a page of loose-leaf paper next to my computer. I remember scribbling them furiously...

When I became mother to my girl, I began to recognize the sphere of influence God assigned me to and how absolutely everything -- my personality, e...

When I found out I was going to be a mom, I was shocked. When I was told I was having a girl, though, I’ll admit I shook my head. I thought, maybe,...

Helping people isn’t easy sometimes. Am I right? People are complicated. Sometimes it can seem a whole lot easier to just, well, leave them alon...

Have you ever tried to do good simply by being nice to people, only to find out it wasn't working? Okay, great. I'm not the only one.   Most of us...

Beauty is the radiance of truth and the fragrance of goodness. Vincent McNabb How often will your daughter set unreasonably high expectations fo...

  Moms, we all have bad days. I’ve had several myself, days when nothing seemed to go right, my fuse got shorter by the minute, and everybody ended...