by Leslie Stapleton | Dec 18, 2023 | Parenting
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1“Mom! I’m bleeding- don’t you even care- look at my toe!” screeched my 8 year old daughter as her eyes longed to find me melting with understanding of her crisis. Meanwhile,...
by Leslie Stapleton | Oct 2, 2023 | Spiritual Growth
In the whirlwind of our lives as mothers, it’s easy to forget that we are never alone. But, the truth is God is always present, right beside us and holding our hand. We just have to remember to look. When our youngest daughter was 15 months old, we rushed her to...
by Leslie Stapleton | Aug 21, 2023 | Parenting
I remember clearly the expectations I had when I was pregnant with my daughter even before I had even held her in my arms. I was committed to natural childbirth (it didn’t happen), 100% breast feeding (that didn’t happen either) and I had the perfect set-in-stone...
