Are you one of "those moms"? They aren't just "stage moms" anymore. Now they're also "spelling bee moms," "sports moms," and "entrepreneur moms." Let's face it! It's hard to get ahead in the world, and a mom (or her best girlfriends, mother, sisters, etc) are like a mama bear when it comes to ...
Read More > about Spring Break ~ INVEST
Two words take us back to something most of us can identify with: PICKING TEAMS. Does it make your stomach hurt just to think of it? The uncertainty, the wait, the fear, the implications! I shudder to remember it, but I see myself standing on a playground at Laurel Ridge Elementary School, ...
Read More > about Spring Break ~ REWARD
I sat in the car line today, watching some of the 1200 students file out. They were a collage of striped leggings, skinny jeans, baggy shorts, colored hair, hats pulled to eyelashes, preppy plaid bags, surplus army bags, athletic shorts, t-shirts, eyes up, eyes down, laughing, expressionless, and ...
Read More > about Spring Break ~ PLEASE
Today I want to start a special focus on SPRING BREAK for two reasons: 1) I am tired of gray, cloudy weather and homework, and my heart is just aching for SPRING BREAK! 2) I think it's harder than ever for students today to stay on God's path when our culture is lobbing bombs of temptation, ...
Read More > about SPRING BREAK Special ~ SECURITY
I was having a grouchy moment ... or two that week. I was not wearing my "filled with the Spirit" t-shirt, mostly because I was not being faithful in my quiet time. Not enough time in God's Word = dangerous me.In the process of my grouchy moments, my unsuspecting husband really hurt my feelings. ...
Read More > about Marriage Mondays ~ Hurt Feelings
