by Sabrina McDonald | Jan 31, 2024 | Parenting
When my first child was born, a certain quote became very important to me. I found it in a stash of newspaper clippings in a box of odds and ends that was passed to me after my grandmother died. I had this little clipping for years, but in my first year of motherhood,...
by Sabrina McDonald | Feb 3, 2024 | Marriage
A few years ago, there was a Facebook fad going around. It was a friend quiz called “How Well Do You Know Me?” After miserably failing the tests of several of my closest friends, I sent my own in return. To my gratification, they also failed. So all was fair in...
by Sabrina McDonald | Feb 2, 2024 | Parenting
I remember hearing the song “Mary Did You Know?” by Michael English for the first time after becoming a mom. I had always loved the song, but hearing the message as a mom gave me a new perspective. The song is a series of questions to Mary, the mother of Jesus, asking...
by Sabrina McDonald | Feb 1, 2024 | Parenting
A friend of mine has worked almost her whole life. Even in elementary school she helped her parents keep their restaurant going. So it was quite a shock to her when she had to stay home for three weeks while she changed jobs. “It was so boring!” she said. “I would get...
by Sabrina McDonald | Jan 31, 2024 | Marriage
By David Beasley Three years before his death, David wrote an e-mail about his concern over the cultural idea of finding a “soul mate” to marry. This article was adapted from that email. I don’t believe that society’s definition of “soul mate” is healthy or spiritual....
