Waiting. One of the most dreaded words in our vocabulary. We’re not usually patient people. We drive fast, pop meals into microwaves…

Fall is a transition for everyone, adults and children alike. Those early morning alarms are already a struggle to get up and get everyone ready and out the…

Have you ever been in the middle of circumstances and all of a sudden you ask, “What in the world is God doing?” We really want to trust….

Pam and I have recorded many podcasts together, but there’s one I will always remember. It’s not so much the content of the podcast that will set up…

August is a month of great excitement in my house as everyone prepares to go back to school. I love summer, but after a few months of it…

“It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.” —Ann Landers

I ask one question every year that gives me so much power as a mom. I wonder what it could do for you…

“I just don’t know what to do,” my friend said through tears as she showed me her text messages. She had messaged her ex-husband to tell him…

I’m a history buff. I love studying the founding of our country. Through genealogy research I’ve discovered that my ancestors were part of the first colonists. Red, white, and blue…

In my last blog, we processed the power of one safe adult. Now let’s look at a powerful statement that might change the way you parent.  Have you…

“Mom, it’s happening again! She’s just doing everything I do,” my middle daughter said with a look of frustration in her eyes. Her younger sister was picking out…

As we began the process of creating Arise Single Moms twenty-two years ago, it involved many facets—from completing tons of paperwork, to forming a board of directors, to hours…

In March 2015, Harvard released a study saying that every child who winds up doing well has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive…

Can I tell you one of my favorite things about the Bible? It’s how Jesus responds to people who have failed. I remember as a kid I was…

Sometimes we’re experts at getting all up in other people’s business. We believe we know better, or that our advice is what they need. Everything from how to…

Single motherhood is one of the most exhausting yet most rewarding jobs a woman can take on. But while trying to balance a full-time job, school…

We all have a story. Our stories consist of joy, sorrow, success, failure, hope, disappointment, and probably anything else we can think of. I’m grateful…

Change is hard. My personality type demands routine. I’m happy when life stays the same without unexpected surprises. When standards in my life fluctuate, I feel all kinds…

Towards the end of 2023 I was reflecting, like most people, on what the year I was slowly waving goodbye to had brought me. I’m generally an introspective…

Do you remember being in elementary school and dreaming up make-believe fairy tales to your own story? Who you would marry, what you would name your kids, even…