Proclaiming God's Faithfulness
In 2014, at the University of Virginia, a test was conducted to see how people coped with 15 minutes alone in an empty room. There was only one alternative to boredom: participants had the ability to give themselves a mild but painful electrical shock. This electrical shock was proven to be painful enough that in previous tests people who’d been shocked once had been willing
Hi Ladies, How is everyone doing with staying home? Are you building and/or repairing relationships with your family members? Having all this family time can bring difficulties to the surface. I’m praying for you. Please let me know if you have a special need. It’s been a while so I wanted to let you know I’m still here. Breast cancer has certainly slowed me down,
Hi Ladies, How are you all doing? Everyone hunkered down? Are you finding some new things to do? Are you enjoying this extra time with your family? Are you trying not to worry about Covid-19? I know I am doing all the things above, and then some. They diagnosed me with breast cancer. I’ve been doing all the things that need to get done before
It’s interesting that I planned to write about contentment this week. I usually post on Thursdays, but I’ve had difficulty deciding what to write now that my contentment is being tested. Last Thursday I suddenly started down the road to being diagnosed with breast cancer. Monday I will have a biopsy, and by the end of the week, I will know for sure. My husband
Do You Like To Share? One way we taught our children to share was to ask this question: What Do Sather’s Do Best? Everyone knew the answer, and they all shouted, Share! We probably did this a dozen times or more over the parenting years. Today I’m sharing some recent thoughts and ideas that I think will benefit you. The Teaching 2.0 Summit Check out
Be sure to read to the end to get your free interactive internet safety guide. As parents, we do all that we can to prevent family emergencies. None of us want to see our child get injured, be in a car accident, or any damage happen to our home. With a new virus on the horizon, we all consider what we can do to protect
Prepare your family for an emergency? Many of us think: Those things may happen to others, but not to us – right? Now we probably wouldn’t come right out and say it, but we think it, at least I do. It really shook my faith when two incidences happened relatively close together and to people I know and love. First, our 18-month-old son went from
Lydia, my new granddaughter seven months old and starting to navigate by herself.
We also have several new babies at church.
And we are teaching a parenting class.
I’ve been in several conversations about cleaning toys, etc.
It is great to be back in so many ways. My last article was on December 19th, so it’s been a while. I took some time to work on getting settled into my “new normal”. 2019 gave us a new granddaughter and a new son-in-law. Our little family is growing and we’re loving it. The holidays were quiet, just enjoying being together when we could.
Discovering the magic question I’m sure some of you have felt as overwhelmed as I have recently. I don’t know where to even start! I’ve spent a lot of time recently pondering where to begin every morning. The other day I had a great idea. I asked Dan what two things he wanted me to do next. I told him I was struggling with what
