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Talking to Our Teens about Sex

Baggage, Beauty, and Boundaries: Talking to our Teens about Sex

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We all enter marriage with personal baggage, and it can greatly impede the health of a marriage. As premarital counselors, my husband and I have been amazed by how many couples are unaware about the way their past relationships affect them. We have seen firsthand the scars that were created from previous physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. These scars are real and are often in need of healing. An individual with sexual sin, for instance, will unknowingly carry shame into the relationship if it is not addressed beforehand. Premarital counseling is a great place to begin to unpack the baggage…

Are we extending an invitation for the wise to speak to our hearts?

The Gift of Grey Hairs

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself unintentionally leaning further and further into the mirror wondering: What on earth is going on with these multiplying grey hairs? Ever since we moved, I seem to be greying a whole lot faster (ahem, yes, maybe stress). Or is it that the all-too-expensive salon color is sticking less and less? Well, I just found out from my newest hair dresser that the problem may be in my well water, leaving mineral deposits in my hair that need to be “clarified” in order for the color to stick. Ah-ha. Now that we might…

When College Isn’t All You Thought It Would Be

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You spend a lot of time preparing for your first year of college. There is the application process, finding a roommate, picking out cute dorm room accessories, and deciding what to leave and take with you for the journey. Not to mention the process you go through deciding what college to attend in the first place. You are filled with so many emotions. Uncertainty. Excitement. Nervousness. Happiness. What happens when you realize that things aren’t what you thought they would be? You were expecting college life to be great. Your friends are constantly posting about how much fun they’re having,…

Three Things to Tell Your Daughter Before She Leaves for College

3 Things to Tell Your Daughter Before She Goes to College

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Any time I write about motherhood and raising daughters, I don’t do it from a place of expertise of being a mother. After all, my daughter is only two years old. Instead I write from a place of being a daughter and what I wish I had experienced as a young woman. My experience going off to college was like most young women’s, I suspect. I coordinated with my new roommate about who would bring what, and my mom and I shopped for new bedding and linens. My parents drove to my new campus and helped me move in. There were hugs and…

How to Handle Change and New Beginnings

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There are two different kinds of “flying people.” There are those who smile with glee and sit on their hands to prevent from clapping over the adventure of it all, and then there are those whose knuckles turn white while gripping the awkwardly small armrests. I am very much a member of the first group. I’ve heard people talk about how they’re terrified of take off or how they get nervous when the landing gear comes down. I’ve heard the steady breathing in and out and in again. I’ve seen the wide eyes and the look of panic when the…

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