“You have family mottos?” “Yeah… Well, we have these phrases that my dad taught us. My mom added some too.” This is a common conversation when people are talking to our girls. The next question is always “What are your family mottos?” Soon, three Goodwin girls are reciting by memory our list of fun family …
Tips for Strengthening Families in Transition
Families in transition face some monumental challenges in the weeks and days leading up to a major life transition. We are realizing again how traumatic, overwhelming, exciting and emotional these global transitions can be for the whole family. For families in transition, finding the resources, help, and needed support can be difficult. Especially for families …
Third Culture Kids – Resources for Parenting TCKs
Third Culture Kids are incredibly special, unique and amazing. They have their own world built from the beautiful cultures they’ve lived in, the experiences they’ve had and the people they’ve met. Their lives are a blend of home and abroad in ways that we can’t fully understand. By definition from Wikipedia, Third culture kids (TCKs) …
Travel Journal Ideas for KIDS! With Printable Pages
As families who travel a lot, finding ways to remember the fun means finding some travel journal ideas. Whether you homeschool on the go like we do sometimes or are going on vacation and want your kids to have a way to jot down the details and memories of their days, you need a format, …
Preparing Kids For Furlough
Preparing our kids for furlough, planning home assignment, putting details together for that long trip home… daunting. Daunting for our girls and daunting for us as we walk them through the blank space of yet another major transition in their young lives. I’m not sure how to do it. Honestly. Re-entry is often proclaimed as …
Teaching Kids to Pray in Creative, Real Ways
Teaching kids to pray in real, creative ways right now is something we want in our faith-based parenting. Helping kids pray as they build their own prayer life is an important teaching point in the spiritual lives of our kids! Something happened a few nights ago that reminded me again of the responsibility we hold …
You Know You Are Prepping for Furlough When
Oh, the days of getting ready for missionary furlough… “Can you facetime?” came my sister’s text across my phone while I prepared for my daily run. “Sure.” “I’m at Goodwill. 50% off winter coats and clothing.” “Nice.” or something like the above conversation. It happened twice yesterday. Browsing through the clothing racks over the phone …
dear overseas mom
Overseas mom, you are doing better than you think. You truly are. You are sitting there with a cup of tea at the end of a long day. Another long day of survival that has made you feel more tired than you’ve ever felt before. You are parked in a truck you may or may …
Encourage Summer Reading
Summer reading is sometimes one of those goals you set at the beginning of summer and by the end of summer, no books have been read or the pile is sadly very small. All the good intentions and charts and plans seem to fall by the wayside as pool days, vacation, picnics, play dates and …