by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 22, 2017 | challenging, children, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, encouragement, enduring love, failure, faith, fear, kids, love, Parenting, stress
My family and I are headed back from Africa, which twists my heart in all sorts of new ways. But with that, my kids will be attending school for the first time—American school. Any of you mamas out there imagine the ways that messes with a mama’s heart? So many of my...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 21, 2017 | Africa, closeness and intimacy, Culture, Gratitude, Home and Hospitality, relationships, simplicity, time together
I view the items in my home differently now. Everything is slid into a category in my mind: Pack it. Sell it. Give it. Just as we did five and a half years ago in Little Rock, we’re packing up our lives here in Africa. But of course the person who packed up then isn’t...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 17, 2017 | Africa, challenging, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, encouragement, faith, fear, God's will, identity
Missed the first two parts? Grab I and II here. When my husband and I were dating, he had this (irritating!) habit of asking what I wanted. Example: Him: Where do you want to go out for dinner? Me: I don’t care. [I really didn’t!] You pick. Him, pulling over into a...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 14, 2017 | Africa, challenging, Culture, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, faith, fear, God's will, helping others, poverty, quotes
Missed the first post? Grab it here. Last Thursday was one of those days that encapsulated so much of what I love and what drives me bananas about living in Uganda. I veered through jaw-clenching traffic on the 45-minute drive home, assembling all the clutter of my...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 10, 2017 | closeness and intimacy, emotion, enduring love, fear, love, Marriage, Marriage Revolution, methods, relationships, rest, sex, stress, time together
If you’re thinking of Goose and Mav, you’re getting my idea. How can we be our spouse’s “intimate ally”*? Get this: The word God used to describe Eve in the Bible (ezer) translated as helper—is most often used in the Bible as either as a term for a military ally…or...
