by justaskyourmompodcast | Jun 3, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
Psalm 127:4… Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. (Blessed is the one whose quiver is full of them.) When we think about a warrior, the image that comes to mind isn’t typically a scrawny youth with a bedraggled quiver of bent and...
by justaskyourmompodcast | May 27, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
It happens to a lot of moms: somewhere between the 2 am feedings, reading Good Night Moon for the 57th time, and schlepping to and from soccer, dance, and band practice, we look around and sigh at the sheer ordinariness of mothering. Bonnie: I admit that...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 29, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers
We’re rounding the corner into May, which is when the end-of-the year ceremonies ramp up, so we thought we’d weigh in on some of that. Not just graduations but other milestone markers as well. As you know if you’ve listened to the podcast before, my...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 22, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers
With Miley and Peyton Smith It’s been awhile since you’ve been out for some one-on-one with your spouse. It’s been a week of wrangling toddlers and helping your 1st grader with her “All About Me” poster, and you need some adult conversation. Cue the...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 8, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers
The mother-daughter relationship can be one of the closest–and most fraught–relationships we have. Having read a bit about this since losing my own mother in my early 20’s, I know that a young girl identifies with and takes so many cues from her mother...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 18, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
If you haven’t already in your parenthood journey, you will at some point be faced with some tough stuff in your kid’s life. Some other kid is going to say something mean or they won’t get invited to someone’s party. They don’t make the theater cast...
