A Devotional Gem from Grandma – February
Living Lightly and Freely with Jesus As I prayed about what devotional thoughts to share with you, I’ve kept coming back to Jesus’ invitation to us in Matthew 11: 28 - 30...
A Gem from Grandma #12
More Than Just a New Year Resolution! I wonder if you have made a New Year resolution for this year. Perhaps, like many of us, you’ve given up on the idea as...
A Gem from Grandma #11
Keeping Christ in Christmas Christmas is truly a “wonderful time of the year.” Without Christmas we would have a great hole in our yearly activities. We’d miss having a special time to focus on...
Encouraging the Good (not nice!) guy
Listen to the podcast on this topic here My observations I always knew I wanted a good marriage. I hadn't had the greatest example, growing up. And so I became an astute...
A Gem from Grandma #10
Raising teenagers in a changing world - Part 3 Just a few more ideas to complete my thoughts on raising teenagers which I’ll cover briefly. 1. Focus on being a parent and...
A Gem from Grandma #9
Raising Teenagers in a changing world - Part 2 Communication In this Gem I want to focus on on listening and keeping communication lines open with your teenager. As I have said...
A Gem From Grandma #8
BRINGING UP TEENAGERS IN A CHANGING WORLD - Part 1. A lot has changed since our three sons were teenagers. They didn’t have access to the internet, their own computers, laptops, or...
EXPERIENCING GOD’S LOVE AND CARE IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY LIFE
I’d like to share one of my favourite photos from my early days of motherhood. I just love this photo—the love and awe on the faces of my two older sons as...
A Gem from Grandma #6
The family that prays together stays together In my recent Gems I’ve been sharing some ideas on training our children in response to the Proverb: Train up a child in the way he should...
A Gem from Grandma #5
Training your children in DECISION MAKING How often have you thought about training your child/children to make wise decisions? I remember a little Gem that a fellow young mum passed on to...