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Back-to-school stress is a given, but it doesn’t have to be a god. You don't have to bow to it or be undone by it. I used to treat August like a military operation: Every detail triple-checked, every contingency planned. I was Moses with a planner, minus the staff. But God didn’t call us to control every outcome. He called us to faithfulness. Instead of spiraling into anxiety about supplies and schedules, I started asking God to help me see this season differently.

My husband and I were recently speaking with my bonus daughter. We've been doing a lot of that lately as she is preparing for the birth...

When I chat with a Bonus Mom who tells me she can't love her stepchildren I know I'm listening to a woman whose heart is at war...

The most wonderful time of the year can be, under the best of circumstances, the most stress-inducing time of the year.

For whom are you doing it? What's the measurement for determining success? Failure? If it's not "Well done" then perhaps it's time for a...

The space was in disarray ... Completely dismantled and stripped... Still, I always saw my office even as I dealt with the mess.