We all know that pregnancy changes our bodies, our emotions, and how we understand the world. It’s no surprise that pregnancy and motherhood can also change what and how we read. Like a lot of women, I read voraciously when I became pregnant. A writer and professor, I was used to reading a book a…
Category Archives: Health
Eat! Move! Play!
With childhood obesity on the rise and in the news on a daily basis, along side nonstop advertisements for junk food and a growing sedentary lifestyle for families, there’s no denying the fact that more parents are concerned about their children’s health than ever before. In response to the growing interest in these topics, the…
We’ve Got Issues
As soon as I read about Judith Warner’s new book We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication in a magazine article, I immediately knew this was a book I needed to read. I hoped to find information, but even more important to me was the desire to find validation. You see,…
Cole. . . I Love you to the Moon and Back
It’s a fact of life: bad things happen. When bad things happen to a child, it’s almost unbearable. This often leads to many questions like, “Why? Why would God let this happen?” But those of us who have endured trials realize that there is one reason that becomes readily apparent — trials help us focus…
Healing Hearts
In writing Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon Kathy Magliato, MD has two purposes: to share what is it like to be one of the few heart surgeons who happens to be female, and to raise awareness about the impact of heart disease on women. Anyone who has aspirations to be a…
The Water Giver
Have you ever had to stand by your child’s side as he or she recovered from a devastating accident or illness? The closest I’ve come is holding my normally active toddler boy who is rendered still by a high fever, or comforting my healthy tween daughter as she is wracked by a violent stomach bug….
Pure Foundations
As a Christian parent, I know how important it is to help my kids develop a healthy understanding of their bodies, to explain how special marriage is, and to let them know how babies are made. Even though I know how important these topics are, I admit that I don’t like discussing them at all….
Short Takes: Non-Fiction
Here are some bite-sized reviews or previews of books that our team has recently taken a look at: My (Jennifer’s) husband is a huge sports nut. Right now he’s all about football — college football, professional football — and he even tried to talk our daughter into going to a high school football game with…
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