by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 7, 2020 | anger, failure, faith, fear, kids, listening, motherhood, Parenting, tweens and teens
So yeah. That happened. I won’t tell you which one. It doesn’t matter. And I have this phobia my kids will need to be in therapy because their mother is a writer. I didn’t really want to tell anyone about it. Maybe you’d think I don’t...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 29, 2020 | Culture, resource review
Before I was ever a writer, I was a reader. But it’s fair to say that being a writer strongly influences how I want to read–and vice versa. This post feels a bit vulnerable. We won’t all share the same convictions (or taste) on what we read (not...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 22, 2020 | kids, listening, love, motherhood, prayer, relationships, rest, stress, time alone with God
This week, my family and I shoved in the car ski boots and a sled and carefully calculated food to feed a family with three teenagers. In the 2-hour drive through the mountains, cell service dropped abruptly about twenty minutes in. Our friend’s cabin, swaddled in 3...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 13, 2020 | challenging, children, compassion, difficulty, emotion, encouragement, failure, faith, Family, fear, free download, Ideas, kids, listening, practical, prayer, relationships, tweens and teens
My daughter’s headed to winter camp soon, which she adores. This morning, over an increasingly plain-looking Greek yogurt parfait, she gushed about camp’s breakfast buffet. She loves the free time, the reconnecting with old friends. But in light of her...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 7, 2020 | challenging, children, closeness and intimacy, Culture, kids, listening, Parenting
Seen this meme? For innocents like me, it’s a little too eerily true to be funny, folks. No laughing! This is occasionally how I feel about life. So. Many. Things compete for my attention. And for the indecisive likes of me, Zoom. That whistling sound by your...
