Resolutions from a Rule Breaker
by ROBIN O’BRYANT I am vehemently against New Year’s Resolutions—for myself, anyway. By nature, I’m a rule breaker. If I say I’m giving up carbs for a week, I can think of nothing but pasta and bread...
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As my children have gotten a little older. I’ve found myself wishing for school to start back less and less when they are out for a break. This Christmas was the best yet. It’s been almost a year since...
View ArticleTour de Greenwood
By ROBIN O’BRYANT Aubrey and Emma, my seven and five-year-olds, have gotten quite good at riding their bicycles. They hop on their bikes and ride around our yard and make laps up and down the driveway....
View ArticleRemembering Small
By ROBIN O’BRYANT My husband and I take turns traveling for our respective jobs. On any given week, one of us is likely to be out of town for at least one night. Even though it can be a little hectic,...
View ArticleTime Flies—Wish It Didn’t
By ROBIN O’BRYANT It’s happening so fast, I can hardly stand it. My kids, my babies, are growing up. There’s nothing I’ve wanted more in my life, than to gut punch the random strangers who looked me in...
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Perception Is Reality—Really?
By ROBIN O’BRYANT I’m taking Aubrey and Emma, my nine-year-old and seven-year-old, to see Taylor Swift in concert later this month. I bought the tickets almost 10 months ago, but I waited until this...
View ArticleLessons from My Baby Girl
By ROBIN O’BRYANT Sadie, my four-year-old imp, is a ball of energy. She has a mop of white blond hair that is constantly hanging in her face, and a gift for knowing exactly which buttons to push to...
View ArticleMODERN MOTHERHOOD—One Lifetime is Not Enough
By Robin O’Bryant At what age will it be creepy for my kids to wake up in the middle of the night to find me sitting on the edge of their beds staring at them? It’s part of my nightly routine, after...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—Small Moments and Lessons That Last
By Maggie Ingram On the afternoon before the first day of school, the final hours of summer before we cleaned up to go to our meet-the-teacher night, my 6-year-old burst through the front door...
View ArticleMODERN MOTHERHOOD—There Is HOPE!
By Monica Cole “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 KJV You protect your children in many ways: with coats, helmets, kneepads, and...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—Our New Tradition: Serving Others
By Maggie Ingram Our Christmas list looks very different for 2014. This year, we hope to start new traditions. Through my mother-in-law encouraging us to focus on serving and borrowing an idea of a...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—The Perfect Picture
By Tara Dowden It was Easter Sunday. My husband, Landon, had already headed to church in prayer and preparation for the service. I had four little people dressed, had brushed four sets of teeth, fixed...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—Vacation Debacle
By TARA DOWDEN Spring Break, Summer Break, Fall Break. They all mean one thing—VACATION TIME! Vacation time seems so thrilling when spoken out loud. Students talk about upcoming trips during lunch or...
View ArticleMODERN MOTHERHOOD—NEED COFFEE!
By Tara Dowden 6:00 a.m. Alarm goes off. Six year old runs in room giving hugs and tells us he has already had three bowls of cereal. 6:15 a.m. Eleven year old walks in room complaining of uniform...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—All Aboard the Train of Christ-centered (and quite often,...
By LIBBO CROSSWHITE When I was young, I was fascinated with subway stations. My sister attended college in Boston and moved to D.C. shortly after graduation and my brother lived in New York City. So,...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—Crying Out
By LIBBO HASKINS CROSSWHITE Real talk. When my first column includes the line, “Is today the day that people are going to be able to tell that I have 100% absolutely NO CLUE what I am doing with...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—Rest Is Best
By Libbo Crosswhite It seems necessary to start off by letting you know that I’m writing this in my parked car in the back of the Kroger parking lot on my way to a birthday party while my oldest,...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—Game Day
By Libbo Crosswhite Game Day We recently celebrated Mary Thomas’ third birthday by taking her to Dallas to see the season opener for the Dallas Cowboys. If you are thinking we tricked our...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—Let It Be
By LIBBO CROSSWHITE Let It Be The older I’ve gotten the more I have fallen in love with Thanksgiving. I’ll be honest, when I was younger, it was the holiday that had no presents and my grandmother’s...
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MODERN MOTHERHOOD—’Tis the Season
By Libbo Crosswhite ’Tis the Season Our world has painted us an intricate, quite commercialized picture of the night Jesus was born, but I love the simplicity of the Christmas story in scripture in...
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