Being a childbirth educator grants me the joy of seeing a couple welcome and embrace their new baby while it is yet in utero. Watching them fall in love with their unborn child gives me a wonderful feeling for that baby’s future – that it is destined to have a life of joyful, positive experiences. As far as the expectant parents are concerned, during their time in my class, they will ask questions like: - How long should we expect to be in labor and still know that all is pr

Take a moment to imagine how interesting it would have been to live during the time prior to Noah’s flood. This was a period when people easily lived between 500 and 700 years! When I think of Adam and Eve, it astounds me to realize how they saw their children’s, children’s, children’s, children – and plenty beyond that! What firsthand wisdom they must have been able to share with their descendants about what it had been like to walk with God on cool evenings in the garden. W

A latchkey kid in a Chicago ghetto, I would have known no better life had it not been for my incredible parents. Together, they combined the strongest aspects of who they were and produced their finest for our family. Life moved smoothly as silk from my perspective as a child; however, now as an adult, I can only begin to appreciate the many sacrifices they made to see that I survived that rugged phase of my life. Only recently, I heard a man describe me as a woman who had h

Parenting is tough as we daily wade through waters to magnify the good and extinguish the unsavory matters concerning our children. It requires much thought energy, time and focus. While some children are “easy”, others demand our fullest attention if we and they are to survive the family experience with hearts and minds intact. This is the last of a 3-part blog about specific personalities of some of my children. Although each proved to be challenging, they taught me better