January 2020 – Views from the Rollercoaster: A Parenting Journey

Gratitude

I’ve been thinking about gratitude all week – beginning with the message in church last weekend. It’s so easy to get caught in the busyness and challenges of day-to-day life and forget all that we have to be grateful for. For me, my gratefulness centers around the people in my life. First and foremost areContinue reading “Gratitude”

Is there a right way to parent?

I remember when I adopted my youngest, how happy I felt to have another chance to try to “get it right” with parenting. Parenting in your 40’s is so different than parenting in your 20’s. While I definitely believe that I know much more now than I did the first time around, each child isContinue reading “Is there a right way to parent?”

Who Knew???

As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a parent. I played with dolls, dreamed of the day that I would be old enough to babysit, majored in elementary education, and hoped and prayed that one day I would achieve my ultimate goal of being a mother. When my first child was born,Continue reading “Who Knew???”