Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Do you ever feel that the way media portrays fatherhood is not the most respectful? This needs to stop, for what we see in the media definitely carries over into our lives. The truth is that fatherhoo...

Recently, my daughter and her friend saw one of the latest Hollywood releases. As they walked out of the theater, Bob said, "That made my heart hurt." It wasn't supposed to be a sad movie. It was just...

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 Henry Gurke was, by all accounts and purposes, a normal young man. There were no signs that he would do anyth...

I just received an Email from one of my favorite stores.  The tagline was:  “The Swimsuit of Your Dreams”.  Seriously?!  The swimsuit of my DREAMS?  If...

May is National Hearing and Speech Month.  I never really paid attention to this until I became personally acquainted with hearing loss myself. It happened so gradually that I didn&rsq...

For many of you, Mother's Day is a special time to honor your mom. And, isn't it wonderful that we have a national day set aside to do just that? But, what about those of us who have had a difficult r...

What do your holidays look like?  Have you mastered the happy medium between driving-yourself-crazy and doing-absolutely-nothing?  Do you have more ideas pinned on Pinterest than you could e...

There is a super hero who visits me every night.  Dressed in tights and a cape, she speaks to me as I’m drifting off to sleep.   She’s full of enthusiasm and energy.  H...

I remember the joy I felt when my second daughter was born just twenty-one months after her sister. Two girls! They would be best friends. They would play together and share interests and find great j...

I consider myself to be a diligent mom, an attentive mom, and even a paranoid mom. And, even though that may be true...stuff still goes wrong. Some years back, my daughter became ill with a respirator...