by Jean Wilund | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog
Surrender, Pray, Rest Surrender, Pray, Rest is my motto for life and parenting. Surrender opens our ears to God. Prayer opens our communication with God. Rest opens God’s blessings on us through faith. When I asked Edie Melson, author of While My Child is Away:...
by Jean Wilund | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
Parenting Will Make You Cry Parenting will make you cry — tears of sorrow and tears of laughter. Edie Melson, author of While My Child is Away: Prayers for When We Are Apart, and her husband try to look at life through the lens of laughter. This mindset made a...
by Jean Wilund | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog
Have you fallen for the myth of perfect parenting? I did. But not for long. After I woke up to the truth, I sank into a pit of despair, thinking I’m the reason my kids will go broke on therapy! Mercifully, God rescued me from that pit. The maddening myth of...
by Jean Wilund | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog
Imagine sitting across from two of your kids as they describe waking up, floating in a river hours after having been struck by lightning and blown out of their kayaks. Edie Melson lived that nightmare. Read the excerpt here if you missed yesterday’s post....
by Jean Wilund | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog
Here we go again. Kids scattered around the country. Last night Larry and I drove off from Clemson University with an empty U-Haul and without our youngest. Year two of our empty nest begins. Tweet Tweet. Every time one of our children flies away, I turn to prayer....