This Could Be More: Praying Beyond the List

by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 4, 2019 | love, prayer, prayers, time alone with God

I have a new friend. Her name is Siri, and she and I are getting along swimmingly. She remembers my grocery lists and my reminders. (She doesn’t always understand me, but this is forgivable. For example, my phone’s packing list for my business trip read...

Much Afraid: How Fear Turns Good Parents into Slaves [INFOGRAPHIC]

by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 26, 2019 | anger, children, enduring love, failure, faith, fear, identity, infographics, kids, listening, love, Parenting, Printables and Freebies, relationships, tweens and teens

Parenting has this way of exposing a part of who you are in ways both beautiful and terrifying. As in, Wow! Who knew I had this gift for creative teaching? Or, Who knew I could handle this amount of laundry and still emerge with enough panties to fight the day? But...

Newlywed Game Questions for Families (FREE PRINTABLE)

by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 19, 2019 | children, Family, free download, Holidays; Occasions, Humor, Ideas, kids, Printables and Freebies

So some of you parents are thrilled that your kids are home for spring break. And some of you would like to be thrilled, you really would! You are definitely working on being thrilled. Especially if they would go fight somewhere else? Or maybe pick up their cereal...

Guest post: How Good Moms Can Stand in the Way of Great Kids

by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 14, 2019 | children, Family, kids, motherhood, Parenting, true success, tweens and teens, work

This morning I walked through my house, trying not to see things. I tried not to see the underwear packaging left on the floor by my two teenage boys. The clothes my daughter left on the bathroom floor. The cereal bowl on the counter of a few floating Honey Nut...

Marriage Myth: If I’m amazing enough, my spouse will want me right. Now.

by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 12, 2019 | closeness and intimacy, closeness; intimacy, love, love languages, Marriage, relationships, romance, sex

Like most American women, I am a total sucker for rom-coms and TV drama with a smattering of romance. Who doesn’t love someone being swept off their feet, and laughing at all the stupid ways it goes wrong? Even after 18 years of marriage, I still...