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Choosing How to Spend Our Days

Choosing How to Spend Our Days

Writer Annie Dillard says, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” Those words may sound cruel to parents caught in the chaos of caregiving. There was a time in my life when I would have hated those words. While it was true that I couldn't decide what filled my hours and days, I could decide how to respond to the challenges our family faced.

Coronavirus Grief in Kids: 6 Ways To Help Them Mourn Losses Well

Coronavirus Grief in Kids: 6 Ways To Help Them Mourn Losses Well

Coronavirus grief in kids is real. While we may wish this wasn’t the case, we can do much better than merely wishing away our kids' coronavirus grief. We can come alongside our children, and help them process the grief and mourn their losses in these six simple and profound ways.

Crying When God Gives What I Need and Not What I Want

Crying When God Gives What I Need and Not What I Want

I thought I'd hidden my tears. Until the woman to my left scooted a few inches away, and my husband gave my shoulder a squeeze. He knew what the woman did not. He knew the pastor had said something that touched the tender spot in my heart, the place where I long for the healthy father I never had.