by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Mar 22, 2018 | Jenny's Channelmom Blog
Where Does A Mass Shooter Come From? I’ll begin with two disclaimers: My own family has been through a school shooting. My husband was an administrator at Platte Canyon High School in 2006, when 16-year-old Emily Keyes was murdered by a lone gunman who entered the...
by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog, Jenny's Channelmom Blog
I woke up this morning… feeling an urgent sadness. I lay in bed, aware that both of our children were safely sleeping in the bedrooms above ours. Then I remembered one of those beds would be empty in a few days. Because our son is leaving for college. Do you...
by Amber Kanallakan | May 16, 2017 | Amber's Mom Blog, Blog
Where does God live? It might sound like a childish question, but it’s also a legitimate one. In my mind’s eye, I often think of God “living” in heaven where he observes us from his throne room. That image doesn’t necessarily conjure up feelings of intimacy and...
by Christen Spratt | Mar 22, 2017 | CM Mom Bloggers, The World’s Okayest Mom
Ping. Beep. Ring. Notifications seem to bombard us all day long. It’s not something that has happened to us, but something we’ve done to ourselves. We designed it this way, but the design has created distraction. The computer, laptop, iPad, Smart Phone,...
by Amber Kanallakan | Mar 9, 2017 | Amber's Mom Blog, CM Mom Bloggers
The dishes are piled high and the clothes in the dryer need to be folded. I must make dental appointments for the older kids and… shoot, we’re almost out of toilet paper. Where’s my shopping list? My oldest son is yelling for homework help, but I can...
by Christen Spratt | Feb 9, 2017 | CM Mom Bloggers, The World’s Okayest Mom
For a season in my life I was over committed… to everything. That season looked like this: We were in ALL the activities for ALL the good causes; I was on the steering team for my MOPS group, working in the classroom, serving on the church set up team, running...
