The slip of paper I received had a single word written on it. “Favored.” I didn’t know exactly the point of the message at that moment, but it felt like I might have a winning ticket. My friend Nicole, who was organizing the women’s event I was attending, stood up in front of the crowd …
Robyn Chapman
I'm a work-from-home-mom and former newspaper editor and reporter. My husband and I have two beautiful but rambunctious boys. I love Jesus, travel, sports, quotes, reading and deep conversation. I believe kindness is a lifestyle that everyone should adopt and that we should spend less time arguing and more time encouraging. Because I believe in Jesus, I believe there is always hope.
My boys and I went to my nephew’s birthday party last weekend. It’s a six-hour roundtrip drive. There are multiple ways we go, but none of them shave significant time off the trip. We have a preferred route. This time, because of the party location, we chose to make the return trip a different way. …
I don’t know who coined the phrase ignorance is bliss, but they were on to something. All right. Settle down and give me a chance to explain. A couple of situations involving my kids in recent weeks really got me thinking about this topic. They were entirely different situations that left me a weird combination …