One of the biggest challenges for every parent during school year, is preparing lunches. Parents not only have less and less time, but food prices have skyrocketed. The thought of your kid coming home and telling you that his/her lunch did not pass the healthy lunch test, could be both…
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Proverbs 4:7
We succumb to peer pressure when there is a need to be approved and please everyone. Our children need to understand that it’s impossible to please everyone as people are different and with various demands. Peer pressure offers a sense of belonging to either a group or a class of…
Back to school can be daunting to both the child and parent. Stores are bustling with parents scavenging through the isles looking for school supplies that they wish their supply list came with photos of the items as they don’t have a clue what some of the items are or…
Sometimes I can be like a fly on the wall easily distracted from one thing to another, thus getting off course of what I was doing. When at home I would be cleaning my bedroom and just taking a pile of laundry to the laundry room gets me into starting…
The role of fatherhood is slowly disappearing as fathers are regarded as only bread winners, when they are more than that. Most of us women we have that motherly instinct that lead us, and we like to apply it everywhere, including on the parenting style of our husbands. Sometimes we…
Have you ever noticed how people have a tendency to want to change other people’s personality so that they align with “normal” people? Growing up, I remember being scolded or corrected regarding one or two things about my personality by my mom, aunties, uncles or whoever was old enough to…
It is the most ancient weapon that has existed in time. Most women have fallen under it, some recovered while others were left scarred for life. As women, we have all partook in gossip whether directly or indirectly. Maybe you can vividly remember the hurt, as you heard your name…
This week was a very difficult one for me and all my colleagues at work for that matter. We lost a colleague who was more than just a colleague: he was a friend. He had a way of penetrating your life and making you feel warm inside. It didn’t matter whether…
This is called the Women’s Closet Syndrome: no matter how many clothes a woman has it seems like there is always a “need” for one more outfit. The Bible agrees in Ecclesiastes 1:8 “All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing….” Do…