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Preparing for the Teen Years on Inspired to Action

Taking a Long View: Preparing for the Teen Years

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If you’re a mom of littles, have you thought of what it means to prepare for the teen years? Are you in the trenches of mothering teens already and feeling overwhelmed? Maybe teens aren’t a part of your world directly, but what about those sweet mommas you know that are in the throws of raising up the next generation . . . could you come alongside them with an extra measure of encouragement and support? Preparing for the teen years is a topic I’m passionate about not only because I’m in the middle of raising tweens and teens, but because I come…

Answering the Call to Mentor

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I remember when my friend Emily announced that she was going to ask our older friend Sherry to mentor her. My heart twisted ugly, in part jealousy and part pride. Or course, I wanted Sherry to mentor me, and so I was upset that Emily got first dibs. At the same time, I didn’t want to admit my need for a mentor. In my early twenties, I was all about proving myself capable — to my family, to my husband, and within the Christian community God planted us. The vocabulary simple wasn’t there to ask for help. Nor did I…

Community Is Possible

Because We Need Community

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There’s nothing like moving away from your hometown to discover the priceless gift of community as well as the many forms it takes. Back home, I was surrounded by friends and family who’ve known me at my worst, long before “the new me” arrived on the scene. Picture me donning a perm that made the circumference of my head twice the size it should be and wearing an oversized Champion sweatshirt draping down to my thighs. Oh, those 90s were something else.  It wasn’t a pretty sight, and neither was my temperament. Fast forward a decade, and things began to look a bit brighter…

How do you find a mentor?

How do you find a mentor?

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Are you longing for a mentor? Maybe you’re like the woman I was talking with recently, lamenting just that fact. Honestly, she seemed like the type that would be surrounded with mentors, and yet she had this ache in her heart for older women to come around her at church and nurture her life. She wanted the seasoned women of this world to speak into her soul and overflow onto her their hope, perspective, insight.     Who doesn’t want a mentor like that?! But where do you find them? That’s the topic I’m taking a closer look at over…

It’s About More than Clothing

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Can you remember the days when you daughter was dressed in a precious infant dress adorned with little bows and sweet pink polka-dots? Or how about the little seersucker sundresses and matching white underpants?  Once upon a time, we were mommies who got to play dress up with our little girl.  But then she grew up.   Or at least grew older. And clothing is no longer a matter of cuteness.   It’s a matter of personal style and independence. It’s also potentially an issue of stress-filled, explosive drama for those of us who would like to have some say in how…

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