by Janel Breitenstein | Jul 10, 2018 | children, faith, fear, kids, Parenting
So I’m thinking about a peaceful home lately. Mostly because mine isn’t? But I think it’s in a happy way. -Ish. My home is more the kind of Nerf gun-toting, “Mom, can we have a cooking contest?”-messy (and “Gross! Who dripped jam...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jul 7, 2018 | Culture, stress, true success
So this week, my eldest son’s chores have included assembling a bookshelf from Ikea (a true test of manhood), raking and bagging part of the yard, and mowing at the neighbor’s. I admit to a small degree of happiness when he asked, “Mom, where’s...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jul 3, 2018 | beauty, enduring love, helping others
Hey. So–I was thinking of you. Every month I get a little excited when that one women’s magazine pops in my mailbox. Your brother brought it in to me last week. It’s a frivolous happiness, just one that keeps me posted on the latest trends,...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jun 29, 2018 | challenging, children, difficulty, discouragement, encouragement, enduring love, failure, faith, fear, kids, Parenting, prayer, true success, tweens and teens, work
So I have a teenager, and another just about. Most of me is tickled pink about all the real conversations we get to hold, all the fun we have as a maturing family, all the crazy jokes they tell me that leave all of us laughing. And there’s this leeettle part of...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jun 26, 2018 | beauty, time alone with God
This week, my daughter turned 11. She was, of course, giddy about her birthday–something I don’t take for granted, since a lot of parents can’t afford to celebrate birthdays where we came from in Uganda. And she’s so easy to celebrate: a keen...
