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Thriving while the nest empties

12 Powerful Ways to Pray for Your Child

January 25, 2018

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12 Powerful Ways to Pray for your Child

If you’re a Christian and you’re a parent, you probably want to be more deliberate and diligent when you pray for your children. It doesn’t matter if they’re three months old or 33, they need prayer! Here’s a simple guide with 12 powerful ways to pray for your child. I want to be more diligent…

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How to be a better parent to a college kid and enjoy the process

August 16, 2017

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How to parent a college kid

In case you parents of younger kids are wondering, parenting young adults is HARD.  I don’t have it all figured out, but I want to encourage those of you who are sending a kid off to college. You’ll both get through this. It won’t be easy, but growing into new seasons is always challenging for…

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An end is also a beginning

September 5, 2016

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Two weeks ago today Shawn and I dropped the last kid off at college, and I’m still in shock. Where did those 18 years go, or the nearly two and a half decades of having kids under foot? The days crawled but the years raced. We followed Anna’s battered blue Dakota up Highway 377 to…

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Turning in my “active duty mom card”

June 5, 2016

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Last weekend this mom survived two big milestones. Anna, my youngest, graduated from high school on Saturday. Two days later, she turned 18. In just the space of 48 hours, I had no more K-12 kiddos and no more minor children. It’s enough to make a mama swoon. I’d been simultaneously anticipating and dreading those…

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