by Marlene Ellingson | Jan 8, 2019
Finishing with Wisdom and Strength My youngest child has a new part-time job. It is a big deal. It includes mowing lawns, landscaping, and taking care of a pool for a vacation house. The job requires competence and skill, it must be done well, and...
by Marlene Ellingson | Aug 11, 2017
Partnering with God Parenting takes Confidence. If I’m feeling less than confident, what could I do? First, there’s the foundation. If someone were to ask me just why all this is worth it in the first place, why marriage and families are so important, I want to be...
by Marlene Ellingson | Jul 28, 2017
Helping kids Want to Do What’s Right My adult son called me the other day with a question. “When I was growing up, I wanted to be good,” he said, “How do I instill that in my kids?” That is a good question: How do we help our kids want to do what’s right? There...
by Marlene Ellingson | Jul 7, 2017
Gifts to Celebrate So when the older boys in our family were saying goodnight to each other from their beds, one would call out, “SORRY FOR ALL THE CONTENTION!” Someone else would yell, “LIKEWISE!” and then the next brother would yell, “LIKEWISE” and the...
by Marlene Ellingson | May 27, 2017
Mercy and More Love Last week, I was working on the computer when my 6th grade son called from across the family room, “Hey, Mom! Do you want to see my web presentation? It’s your last chance to see it before it erases.” “Sure!” I said, though I kept typing. So he...
by Marlene Ellingson | May 12, 2017
Simple Ideas for the Big Day When you think about each day of last year, do you remember a specific one? Probably not many. But if you try to think about your last birthday, do you remember what happened that day? I tried this with my kids. They could not tell me...
