by Jean Wilund | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog, Focus on the Family
Pickles with a Purpose (An “Are You Kidding Me?” Story) It started for me when I noticed several jars of pickles sitting on my sister Melissa’s kitchen counter. The label read: “Pickles with a Purpose.” How can you not love that name,...
by Jean Wilund | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog
Ever met someone you’d like to have follow you around and talk for you? All you’d have to say was, “Yeah. What she said!” Blogger–and my new friend–Mekeisha has a way of explaining truth that leaves me staring at her dumbly. When...
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....