Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

We all want the very best for our children, but it’s impossible to do everything right all the time.  Admitting that is freeing – and it’s also encouraging to other moms in the ...

Even though we hear the message of grace in mothering over and over and over, there's still this pressure. This unspoken message that if you're really a good family who loves each other, your kids wil...

When I moved out of my parents' house, I got a box. A box full of all the Christmas tree ornaments I'd accumulated during my growing-up years. They came from here & there, but every year without f...

We all want the very best for our children, but it’s impossible to do everything right all the time.  Admitting that is freeing – and it’s also encouraging to other moms in the ...

I circled the parking lot on a scorching summer Saturday, needing to return my movie to one of those movie-vending-machines that you find inside the grocery store.  The idea of unloading and haul...

It’s heavy, isn’t it? This responsibility of raising our kids well. We take it so, so seriously and put immense pressure on ourselves to do it right.  Because we...

We all want the very best for our children, but it’s impossible to do everything right all the time.  Admitting that is freeing – and it’s also encouraging to other ...

Stop trying to wrangle your small children into their winter coats - check out this brilliant tip so they can do it themselves!  Share your own parenting hacks in the comme...

Kristina has been compensated by FamilyLife and KCMS for this endorsement, but all opinions are her own. What does your marriage need?  Well, a lot of things, actually:&nbs...

You guys.  I did something totally dumb.  I made this thing.  I made it and I loved it and my husband loved it and my kids loved it and I was so, so proud.  And then just out of cu...