When I decided to work on these with my kids, I chose to call them “joy journals” because that rolls off the tongue. These are a little like art journals melded with gratitude journals. What is a Joy Journal? The idea I had in mind when we put these together is that they would be […]
6 Insightful Ways to Reflect on the Year Just Ending
It’s good to look back on the past: to see where we started, how far we’ve come, and just what we’ve come through. It’s good to take note of the ways God has blessed us, the lessons we’ve learned (or maybe haven’t yet because we haven’t paid attention yet — but should!), and the things […]
Kind to the Unthankful
I don’t know about you, but I often find myself discouraged, as I give and give and give to my children, seemingly to no real end. It seems as though we are still correcting for the same things for which we’ve been correcting all day, every day, for 6-8 years. Mostly, our children are just […]