Summer can be a time when things actually do settle down—or not. We get sucked into the trap of thinking summer is endless and put off what we really want to do. We see wide open days and rush to fill them, rather than relish them.
Try to keep summer as slow as you can. […]
My daughter graduated from eighth grade last night. Walked across the stage in the high heels she insisted on wearing—did so without tripping, which was just one of her many accomplishments.
She found out yesterday that she made the soccer team she was hoping to make, and that was another highlight as well.
Tomorrow, though, […]
For a couple years now, I’ve been doing the Women of Faith Study Guide Series. They are excellent studies to do on your own or with a group. I chose to do them alone in the morning during my prayer time. The studies I’ve done are:
Giving God Your All
Contagious Joy
Receiving God’s Goodness
Discovering God’s Will for […]
We women are the keepers of so many details. It is we who notice minutia like declining toilet paper inventory—seemingly inane details that would have significant consequences if ignored.
We keep our families running smoothly, or at least, well, running. But the most stressed moms I know are the ones who try to go it alone. […]
“Hey mom!” my son says to me as he’s getting ready for school this morning. “Did you know there’s only 10 and a half days of school left?”
Aaahhh! Ten school days?
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Don’t read if you don’t want to be depressed. This is so crazy that I have to see what others think.
A few months ago, a 15 year-old boy killed his mom, dad, and two brothers - his whole family. Just shot and killed them while they slept in their family home. Then he left and […]
As a mom of two junior high students, I spend a lot of time driving.
Beyond being tiring, this is getting expensive. Gas prices shot up to over $4 per gallon at the gas station down the street yesterday. I drove past the station at one point, the price was $3.93. Two hours later, it […]
Allison Bottke is the founder of Boomer Babes Rock, God Allows U-Turns, and the International SANITY Support Group Network. She is the author or editor of more than 23 non-fiction and fiction books. Her column for boomer women appears monthly in Christian Women Online (CWO).