by Janel Breitenstein | Aug 25, 2023 | enduring love, friendships, Marriage, romance, sex
Author’s note: One of my perennially best-traveled posts remains Christian, Married, and Attracted Elsewhere. It’s not unusual to be attracted to or feel connection with someone else. But as followers of Jesus–how do we handle it? Is it kosher to be...
by Janel Breitenstein | Aug 8, 2023 | children, closeness and intimacy, closeness; intimacy, compassion, Family, kids, Parenting, tweens and teens
A friend asked me a good question in a roundabout way. Let’s say my child is in one of those seasons when they’re hard to love. …Or even being a jerk. Um, I thought. Definitely a strong possibility in the lifecycle of a parent. How important is it...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jul 24, 2023 | Ideas, identity, kids, methods, Parenting, personality, relationships, tweens and teens
One of my (many, many) weirdnesses in parenting my teens has been the fact that every. Single. One of mine is opinionated and fairly strong in personality. This is weird for me because I was totally the opposite. I was an...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jul 7, 2023 | difficulty, discouragement, encouragement, waiting
Question. What’s the one thing you wish about your family that feels like it would make everything better? That finally, your parenting could really sing? What’s your “if only”? Maybe you’re dealing with a child’s behavior or...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jun 16, 2023 | children, Holidays; Occasions, kids, Parenting, social justice, time management, tweens and teens
There’s always this weird tension for me when summer break splats on our family like an ice cream cone on a sidewalk. The kids are fatigued, even exhausted, from school. Heck, I’m tired from the school year. But do I want them to be total slugs for all...
