by Gina Smith | Sep 5, 2022 | Motherhood
When my daughter was in high school she played on a volleyball team. Even though she was homeschooled, a local school welcomed her to be a part of their sports program. One of the coaches befriended Brianna when she was at a summer volleyball camp and invited her to...
by Gina Smith | Jul 14, 2022 | Prayer
It was mid-October and we had been gifted a beautiful fall afternoon. In celebration of my son’s birthday we loaded up the car and made our way to an amusement park. I had decided that when it came to riding the roller coasters I would observe from the safety of...
by Brooke McGlothlin | Jun 16, 2022 | Bits of Brooke
First, let me just say that I know this is hard. I’m not asking you to do something easy, at least not at first…maybe not ever. Emotions, at least mine, can feel something like a roller coaster ride. Up, down, up, down, around, over,...
by Gina Smith | Jun 9, 2022 | Motherhood
I am in the season of life where my children are grown and married. That has put me in the position of doing much personal evaluation (how did I do as a mom? What would I do differently if I could do it over? Where did I fail?) and of being evaluated by my children as...
by Gina Smith | May 23, 2022 | Motherhood
We want guarantees, don’t we? We want to know that if we do A,B, and C, the result will yield children who are what we imagine they should be. Like us, our children are made up of a unique personality with giftings and preferences. They are individuals that are in a...
