Fatherhood is Not for the Faint of Heart
Father's day is approaching and I am happy to have Rob Teigen as a guest blogger today. You can find him at Stronger Dads. I love Father’s Day! I don’t care if it’s just another greeting-card induced holiday. I always like an excuse to fire up the grill and enjoy a...
I Need Some Help Here! Launch Giveaway Week 2
We have a winner! Congratulations to Christin who won our Week 1 Launch Party giveaway, a $100 Target Gift Card! Have fun with that Christin! Let's keep the party going with another amazing giveaway! For week 2 of our I Need Some Help Here! launch party, we...
So Here’s the Thing Episode #101 Let’s Talk About Sex (Baby) with Sheila Wray Gregoire
This first podcast is for earbuds only – no listening in the minivan with the kiddos in back (unless they are plugged into their own listening device…) A conversation with Sheila Wray Gregoire, the author of The Good Girls Guide to Great Sex (And You Thought Bad Girls...
I Need Some Help Here! Launch Day Sweepstakes
It's the official launch day of my new book I Need Some Help Here! Hope for When Your Kids Don't Go According to Plan. This book is for every mom out there who has ever doubted herself, wondered why her child didn't "turn out" the way she thought he would, or is...
Bad Mom Monday: The Day I Turned the Happiest Place on Earth into a Nightmare
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Psalm 145:8 A few years ago, my husband and I decided to take our kids, ages 5 and 2, to Walt Disney World in Florida. We had just received our tax return and figured that it might be...
So Here’s the Thing – My New Podcast Series!
June 2014 is such an exciting month for me personally. My 10th book, I Need Some Help Here! Hope for When Your Kids Don't Go According to Plan, will officially drop (you know... like when Beyonce drops an album, only cooler...) (but is already available). And I'm just...
I Need Some Help Here! Launch Giveaway Week 1
Thank you to all of you Hope Heroes out there who are supporting the I NEED SOME HELP HERE! launch with all of your love, prayers and social media savvyness. This week we are giving away a $100 TARGET GIFT CARD!!! How do you get your hands on those bull’s-eye bucks?...
I Need Some Help Here! Launch Party Giveaways
Welcome to the I Need Some Help Here! Launch Party Over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving away one AMAZING giveaway every single week. I’m so excited to be able to share our stories of struggles and successes in this book. It's been a long time coming for me and the...
Bad Mom Mondays: When You Reap What You Didn’t Sow
When the snow drifts finally melted, and the threat of a hard frost was almost gone, I made the announcement to my boys: “We’re planting a garden!” As we gathered supplies, I congratulated myself for such a fun, educational, outdoorsy idea for my 5, 4, and 3 year-old...