by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 26, 2015 | challenging, difficulty, discouragement, encouragement, faith, God's will, humility
I stood in her guest room, head tilted. Framed snapshots and professional photos surrounded a sizeable, well-framed headshot of her mother when she had still been healthy. Such a lovely, kind smile. A three-year battle with a rare cancer took her four years ago now. A...
by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 23, 2015 | children, Humor, kids, Parenting
…Because there’s just too much real life not to share. From a Generous Grace reader in Little Rock: Daughter, sweetly, to younger brother: When you are done being selfish, may I have a turn? Brother: O-tay. *** My husband, to my son this evening: When you...
by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 19, 2015 | children, kids, love, Parenting, prayer, prayers, relationships
1.That they’ll be… miserable. Well, that is, if they’re caught up in sin. I know, I know…this messes with a bit of a sacred cow; our children’s happiness is culturally paramount. I remember my mom praying this for a wayward sister, who was horrified...
by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 16, 2015 | children, Humor, kids, Parenting
…Because there’s just too much real life not to share. Catch last week’s post here. Me, returning from the grocery store: I bought us two pairs of tweezers, because heaven knows we have a surplus of eyebrows around here. My husband: I don’t...
by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 14, 2015 | beauty, discouragement, faith
Is anyone else out there guilty of subtly rigging their own personality assessment? I know, I know. It sounds kind of dumb when I say it out loud. In fact, if you would have asked me, I would have totally denied it. Would have said, I’m trying to make this thing...
