Being a parent is TOUGH....  Some of us signed up for this job.  We thought, "Hey... I'd like to have kids." and BOOM!  Baby m...

I can't really remember where I first heard this statement, but over and over and OVER again I have been seeing the proof of its truth. ...

Lately I've been thinking a lot about something my mother always tells me, "Jami, you're not raising successful children.  You...

So sorry I left you all hanging on the wrap up to the soul cleanse thing. It has been an INSANE week (more to follow in another blog) and I...

The more we do Family Worship; the more I hear my children walking around with a song on their lips. The more we pray together; the longer ...

Ugh! I was NOT a shining beacon of God's light today. Ugh.... This was a BAD day. It all started because of the Kastner Family Homesc...

On the occasion of my birthday I thought I would reflect on what I've learned over the past 12 months. It's been a rocky year... on...

So I had this HUGE day ahead of me yesterday. TONS on my to do list and time ticking away. I was in the shower sopping wet, and I heard my...

You're the God of this City You're the King of these people You're the Lord of this nation You are A family is a city. That...

As I sit here at my desk, scraped knee throbbing and twisted ankle aching, I am pondering the realization I came to last night: I often fee...

It seems for quite some time now that God has been walking me through a season of solitude. Some days this solitude is welcome, but some day...

I have been suffering through an AWFUL back episode this week. The other day when I awoke, just wiggling my leg brought tears to my eyes. ...

As expected, my last blog turned up the heat a little. But as is typical with controversial issues, I fear some missed the point of the bl...

To wear words on one’s butt or not, that is the question that plagues me today. Really it is a much broader issue that is on my heart: where...

Hmmmm…. What started out as a bit of a chaotic morning (John took about 4 “alarms” to get out of bed, Jeremiah awoke at 6 a.m. because the c...

All I ever wanted to be was a Momma and a Wife. I went to college, had a career, but all along I was really hoping someone would marry me an...

AHHHHHHHH! One of those literary agents wants to see my work!!!! I am FREAKING out! So excited and nervous all at the same time! Here's ...

written 1/16/07... Well, our baby girl got inaugurated into the world of the viciously ill. She had the stomach flu. She couldn't keep d...

I submitted queries to 3 different literary agents today. I decided to then get started cleaning up some more of my manuscript. In doing tha...

“Noah has a girlfriend. Noah has a girlfriend.” My children have been singing this refrain for about two weeks now. It is actually an adorab...