by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 28, 2022 | Family Topics, Teenagers
On this podcast, we spoke with David Skidmore, who’s been in youth ministry for 25 years. When he first began work in this ministry, he was closer in age to the teens he worked with than their parents. Now that he’s raised three girls of his own, parents...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 21, 2022 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage
None of us likes to imagine it. You’re married, a couple of kids, life is cruising along in the busy lane, and BOOM you get that call or that diagnosis or any number of things we label “the unthinkable.” (which is why we don’t think of them). You (or...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 14, 2022 | All Grown Up, Family Topics
The inspiration for this podcast is from Rosaria Butterfield’s book, The Gospel Comes with a House Key. In it, she argues that a purposefully hospitable lifestyle is the missing link between Christians and the watching world. Butterfield experienced this kind of...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 7, 2022 | Family Topics, Toddlers
A lot of times when we’re raising kids, we get the usual input (“helpful advice”) from family or friends, a pediatrician or maybe we even take a class or two or pick one or two parenting books when we hit a tough spot. Along the way, we hear assessments or...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Feb 28, 2022 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
A couple episodes back, we talked about how EMOTIONS are often an unexpected part of parenting—both our own and our child’s. A lot of times (& I think this is a more recent development in the US culture) we as parents are somehow triggered by our...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Feb 21, 2022 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Uncategorized
Who doesn’t love a good BOGO deal? For today’s episode, we have TWO guests with us who happen to be moms of TWINS. We thought it would be fun (& hopefully informative) to talk through some real life of what it’s like to raise two at once. (Kenny...