by Janel Breitenstein | May 14, 2022 | closeness and intimacy, closeness; intimacy, faith, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines, time alone with God
Let’s get real. You may be even a little too busy to read this post. Or maybe you’re tired of picking up things with a lot of pieces. Or trying to find the owner of the toenail clipping on the table. (These have all been me.) But hey, maybe you’re...
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by Janel Breitenstein | May 7, 2022 | children, kids, methods, Parenting, personality, relationships, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines, tweens and teens
A couple of my kids have recently joined the other two in pursuing some personal fitness goals. So y’know, that’s cool. Grant it, their goals all look totally different. My oldest, prepping for the Marines’ boot camp in just two months. There’s...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 16, 2022 | Holidays; Occasions
FRIDAY With its teeth, iron tears and plugs Wrists that held; healed. It stills the soles painted with our dust. Thorns prick a brow lit with our sweat. And his heart (his heart) Will soon expel a gasp of crimson and living water. (We have done this.) After he...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 8, 2022 | children, closeness and intimacy, closeness; intimacy, interview your child Fridays, kids, listening, Parenting, relationships, time together, tweens and teens
In a couple of weeks, my youngest turns 13. Which means I will soon be parenting four teenagers. Which means my prayer life is thriving. As some parents of tweens chatted with my husband and me last week, I recalled some of the best advice given to us for parenting...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 1, 2022 | challenging, children, closeness and intimacy, conflict, Culture, difficulty, Family, kids, Marriage, relationships, sex, time together, tweens and teens
When my four kids were little and life resembled a 24-hour Bounty commercial, I read a statistic in Parents magazine that something like 78% of new moms, when choosing between sex and sleep, chose sleep. Um. Duh. (And to the other 22%: Please divulge your secret.) I...
