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Encouragement, Life Is Beautiful

Motherhood, Dreams, and Ricki & the Flash

On a chilly winter afternoon in 1984, two giddy teenage girls traveled an hour to the nearest movie theater that was playing the much-anticipated (by them) movie “Hard to Hold” starring the man they were hopelessly devoted to: Rick Springfield. These two 14-year-old girls sat excitedly through the movie featuring their favorite heartthrob…twice…in a row.

Thirty-one years later, now married, busy moms to teenagers, they reunited to view another movie. This time they drove themselves instead of relying on a big brother to drive them. They couldn’t sit straight through two viewings (do they even allow that any more?) because they had busy lives to get back to and wanted to spend the rest of their time catching up on each other’s lives.  They took silly pictures, laughed out loud, and soaked in every precious minute of it. Continue Reading

Encouragement, Life Is Beautiful

Mother’s Day: Words from Mothers’ Hearts

  • “Best thing ever is…..when your children know the LORD and live for Him. Hardest, when one of your children calls you to tell you she has cancer.”

Mother’s Day is just a few days away. The reminders are everywhere: TV, radio, social media.

I posed these questions to my Facebook friends: What is the best part of being a mother? And what is the hardest part? With the permission of those brave mothers, I’m sharing their responses here.  Brace yourself. They’re not all easy to hear. Continue Reading