by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Jun 11, 2020 | CM Mom Bloggers, Jenny's Channelmom Blog
The Power of A Mom [Disclaimer: Not all racism can be blamed on parenting, nor do children always follow parents’ views on race.*] Most of us have heard that George Floyd cried out for his mom in his dying moments–like a tragic echo of his mother’s...
by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Mar 17, 2020 | Jenny's Channelmom Blog
Fear Doesn’t Help…Anything Let me begin by admitting that, like a lot of you, I’m tempted to be fearful. Daily, I’m tempted to worst-case-scenario myself into a frenzied panic. I’ve monitored every symptom of sickness and fretted over every roll of...
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,...