Tag Archives: Teenager

My daughter recently sent me a text message while she was attending a church service with a friend.   She was so simple and yet so profound.  The text said ” Mom, I love the music here.  We sang ‘Victory in Jesus’ just like with Poppy.” Now, let me give you ...

I always knew that one day I would meet her.  I just never thought it would be today. She is young, hip, cool .. and she plays a guitar.  A Sunday afternoon meeting to hang out at Starbucks.  The excitement in my daughter’s voice when the text came was cute.  Her ...

I have a new set of heroes. An uncommon tribe to say the least. It sounds silly, but nonetheless … People who hang wallpaper as a profession. I had a bright idea last weekend, which in hindsight was more along the lines of dimly lit. Wallpaper is making a come back ...

Teenage years are a parent’s worst nightmare. They dread having to deal with temper tantrums, relationship drama, and “my-body-isn’t-perfect” meltdowns. Some parents pray so hard for their children’s survival throughout the teenage years—one would think being a teen is a deadly disease. Undoubtedly, adolescence is a tough time of self-discovery ...

The pioneering path to the greatest frontiers in the kingdom of heaven is littered with the figurative bones of young girls who were the brightest and mightiest for the Lord, but who got sidetracked and taken out–at least temporarily–by an altogether natural impulse: the desire to have a boyfriend. Time and ...