I Need Some Help Here Book Signing
Join us to celebrate the launch of my new book, I Need Some Help Here! and get a signed copy! Date: Saturday, June 14, 2014 Time: 1:00-3:00pm Place: Lifeway Christian Stores 1375 Blossom Hill Road San Jose, CA 95118 What: We will have gifts for the first 50 mom...
Praying God’s Word for Your Life- MAJOR SALE!
Hi friends! I wanted you to know about the great sale on Praying God's Word for Your Life that is happening right now for a limited time. Get the eBook for just $5.99 (or less at Amazon) at all major retailers for your eReader. The sale ends on June 13, 2014 so ....
Episode #102: Say Goodbye to Survival Mode with Crystal Paine
In this episode of You've Got This! we sit down with blogger and author extraordinaire, Crystal Paine, and talk about how to move beyond surviving day to day and move into being excited about your life once again. Crystal shares great secrets from her New York Times...
What Our Kids Want More Than a Pinterest Perfect Birthday Cake
News Flash: Rene Swope is giving away eight copies of I Need Some Help Here! Four winners will receive two books each. Click here to enter the drawing! I’m forbidden to decorate birthday cakes. The sad story of the lifetime ban my family enacted twenty years ago...
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...




