teenagers

3 tips for making teenagers like you Ha! These tips work wonders for making your unruly, eye-rolly teenagers like you. …until they don’t. Because sometimes, you know what? They won’t. And that’s ok. I think having teenagers is like being on a roller coaster. There are definite highs and lows,…

It was graduation week for so many high school seniors this week. Albeit a very different kind of graduation from the traditional ones we are used to, (2020 high school seniors rock…I love seeing all the many creative ways people are figuring out to celebrate in unique ways…especially my niece…

I meant to add this to my post yesterday, but it got too long with too many tangents so here I am with one more thing to say about teenagers today. I love this painting by Brian Kershisnik called “halo repair” because man alive, as a mother I sure think…

{post edit note: scroll down if you want to get to the main point of this post: thoughts on helping teens learn to minister, because I got a little carried away with the Valentine’s intro:)} And also, this is kind of cool that I can write different up in this…

My friend told me this story a little while ago and I keep thinking about it. I don’t know where it came from, not sure if it is based on a true story or if it’s more of a fable. But either way I think it illustrates a really good…

Ten Ways to Manage Pre-Teens Ha!  Did that title fool you into thinking that I actually know how to manage roller coasters of emotions? To be honest, I actually thought I was doing pretty well at that task with my four older kids. Or maybe I just forgot.  You know…

We have some hairy legs in our family (and this is written about those legs with their owner’s permission:).  Elle and I not so much, but my three little girls have had some good little furry coats covering their legs through the years.  So when Grace was ten-years-old she decided…

I love high school dances.  Oh man.  Loved them when I was in high school and love them now (I talked a little about this back HERE). But boy howdy I will say they sure have changed over the years…ok at least the outfit and picture part.   When I…

We got a letter from Max.  A real one in the mail and then an email today. It was like we won the lottery, I wish I had a video of us all when Dave brought it in from the mailbox, it would be pretty funny to re-watch.  He is…

Winter Formal is girls’ choice, and Elle asked a cute boy named Justin. I made her pose for me real quick before she went to pick him up: …because she looked like a beauty. I recruited a special photo-taking helper: And we tested the light a little bit before the…