by Janel Breitenstein | May 8, 2017 | children, closeness and intimacy, compassion, emotion, encouragement, enduring love, failure, Family, kids, love, methods, Parenting, relationships, simplicity, stress, time together, tweens and teens
The other day, both a bad thing and a good thing happened. My son—the one with ADHD—had a meltdown after lunch over his math homework. Maybe you’re thinking, I missed the “good” part. Good part: I realized he hadn’t melted down in a long time. So we were actually able...
by Janel Breitenstein | May 5, 2017 | Africa
Today I’m in the mood for something meaningful. So this free printable is for both of us. A professor in college had us read this together as a prayer to begin every class–and it’s not a bad way to direct my mind. Enjoy a free printable today of this...
by Janel Breitenstein | May 2, 2017 | difficulty, discouragement, encouragement, faith, God's will, true success
What I loved recently in the U.S.: some conversations with parents of kids my husband and I had in the youth group back in the day. (When I was…more youthful.) We leaned forward with them over our Pick Twos from Panera, or perhaps chatted in the slanting afternoon...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 28, 2017 | challenging, closeness and intimacy, conflict, difficulty, discouragement, Discussion Questions, emotion, encouragement, enduring love, Marriage, methods, prayer, prayers, Questions to take your relationships deeper, relationships, staying in love, stress, time together
Missed Part I, Questions to Understand THE STRESSED VERSION OF YOURSELF? Grab it here. One of the unexpected delights of our final couple of months in Africa was the arrival of a college friend who’s known my husband and I since the beginning. She watched us meet,...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 25, 2017 | Africa, challenging, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, faith, God's will, identity
We lounged in the lamp lit half-dark: my husband and I, and our college friend. We’ve been friends for about two decades now, which makes us feel impossibly old. We still easily bend over in outright laughter over hilarious references to our college days and their...
