Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Beautiful Girlhood”
What is a consecrated life anyway? As I was praying about how to explore the Consecrated Life to you and your daughter, a simple song written by Frances R. Havergal entitled Take My Life kept repeating in my mind. The story that follows illustrates beautifully what a consecrated, devoted life is. Frances lived to only 46 years old but during her …
How often do you struggle with your heart? Oh, don’t act like you don’t know what I am talking about…I am talking about those naughty attitudes, nagging thoughts, and nasty little words that come slipping over your lips before you have a chance to stop them. When you have a chance to take a giant step back and objectively look at what just happened…you think “where …
May I be honest with you? I have yet to meet a girl or woman who is perfect and can boast of faultlessness. Yes, I have seen many that might appear extremely pretty on the outside with fashionable new clothing, a great hairstyle, polished nails, and ultra-white teeth. But, before the Lord, there is no amount of polish, hairspray, airbrushing, or …
Change happens. Whether we like it or not, our little girl is growing up! In our Beautiful Girlhood/ The Companion Guide to Beautiful Girlhood, you can examine the different facets of transition your daughter is facing. She is experiencing so many changes in her body, in her thinking, and even in her feelings. (You can find out so many …
Just last week my daughter Laura posted a picture of her newly pruned grapevines on Facebook to ask me if she had pruned her year-old grapevines correctly. Laura and her family live in Dallas, Texas, nearly 600 miles away from our farm in Nebraska, so now we do our garden discussions via cell phone and the internet. Laura always had …
