by Janel Breitenstein | Dec 27, 2018 | children, closeness and intimacy, current events, emotion, encouragement, enduring love, faith, Family, free download, guest post, infographics, kids, love, love languages, Parenting, rest, staying in love, stress
Blogging can be a little too much like having an imaginary friend. Picture sitting at the smallest table at your coffee shop. (I’m having a seasonal special with half of the pumps, decaf. …Because as someone told me, with natural enthusiasm like mine, I...
by Janel Breitenstein | Dec 21, 2018 | children, difficulty, discouragement, encouragement, enduring love, faith, Family, grief, Holidays; Occasions, Humor, kids, love, time together
May all your kids come home, and may they get along with each other. Or at least fake it. May you have a white Christmas to the point that you feel Christmas-y and can say no to an activity you didn’t really want to go to, but don’t lose electricity and...
by Janel Breitenstein | Dec 18, 2018 | closeness and intimacy, closeness; intimacy, difficulty, discouragement, Holidays; Occasions, relationships
This morning I schlepped over to the home a friend of mine. A stay-at-home mom of three preschoolers, she feels limited in what she can offer the community. But my hat goes off to her: She invited an adult day program to her home to sing carols, read the Christmas...
by Janel Breitenstein | Dec 14, 2018 | children, Family, Ideas, kids, Parenting, time together
Missed the first list? Grab it here. Note: You are not the cruise director/court jester/general fun planner for your home. There are great benefits to kids being bored– and there are even dangers to our kids having the expectation they will always be...
by Janel Breitenstein | Dec 11, 2018 | faith, Family, kids, Parenting, resource review, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines
In my last resource review, I mentioned my oldest was three when he memorized the story of David and Goliath. And it was from this Bible. The mental image of him in his toddler bed jutting out from the corner, the blond ringlets you could stick your finger through,...
