(I was asked to write my breast cancer story for our local paper as a part of Breast Cancer Awareness month. The following is just a little piece of 2016 in the Harms house. It’s a bit longer than my typical blog posts, but I am publishing it as it was printed in the paper.)…… Continue reading When Breast Cancer Came to My House
Tag: parenting
Boy Mom Monday – Proverbs 23:22 – Parent and Friend
Proverbs 23:22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. I had a friend years ago whose relationship with her mother was strained. They talked regularly. And though they honestly loved each other, it was not uncommon for their conversations to end in utter frustration.…… Continue reading Boy Mom Monday – Proverbs 23:22 – Parent and Friend
BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 22:6 – Direction
Proverbs 22:6 Train a child up in the way he should go and when he is old he will not part from it. Whew! That verse puts a tremendous amount of pressure on us if we read it to mean that if we raise our kids right, they will become followers of Christ. Putting the…… Continue reading BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 22:6 – Direction
BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 21:9 – Marriage
Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. When my husband’s little sister asked him to read scripture at her wedding, she gave him free reign to choose whatever passage he wanted and opened the door for his crazy shenanigans. Corey stood solemnly in…… Continue reading BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 21:9 – Marriage
BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 19:2 – ZEAL
Proverbs 19:2 It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way. Zeal is a good thing. To be enthusiastic and passionate about a goal is a great first step. But if zeal is all we have, we won’t get far. After I watched Florence Griffith Joyner break…… Continue reading BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 19:2 – ZEAL