Mother’s Day is less than two weeks away! If “a flowered card with a cotton-candy-fluff sentiment penned in careful cursive” doesn’t seem like quite the right way to celebrate your mom, then I think you’ll enjoy this guest blog by Ashley Dickens, my friend and colleague at HOPE International. By Ashley Dickens When I think about my...
Moms Move The World
There is nothing more powerful than a mom who wants to care for her children. Mothers have been reported to pick up cars when kids are in harm’s way. They have sheltered loved ones from collapsed buildings. And you know, when the cubs are around, you never want to mess with mama bear. The...
Life as a “Roller Coaster” Is The Wrong Analogy
We’ve all heard it said that life is like a roller coaster, a series of highs and lows. It gives the impression of regularly spaced mountaintop experiences followed by corresponding lows. That’s not an accurate image. In my experience, life is much more like train tracks with highs and lows in close proximity....