by Kristen Lunceford | Oct 29, 2019 | Parenting
The “Highlight the Night” homecoming dance wasn’t on our parental radar. High school dances are for kids with cars, jobs and facial hair, none of which the freshman living under our roof has. When he casually announced at dinner during homecoming week that a girl...
by Kristen Lunceford | Sep 8, 2015 | Homemaking, Parenting, Uncategorized
Early in our marriage (when the only things I really knew how to “cook” were tacos and spaghetti), my sister-in-law Kristy got her hands on this D’amico & Sons recipe and shared it with me out of pity. I know this because of the notes she added...
by Kristen Lunceford | Mar 10, 2015 | Parenting
For as good as I try to be about prepping bleachers meals so that they are ready to eat right out of our trusty 3-compartment Ziplock containers, I sometimes need a shortcut; a throw-and-go recipe that will allow me to quickly toss stuff in the cooler at home and save...
by Kristen Lunceford | Jan 23, 2015 | Faith, Parenting
(Read part 1 of this series here) I knew that if I hesitated for even a second, I would be in danger of shrinking back and reasoning my way out of moving forward. So as soon as the words, “Give us one” left my lips, I stood to my feet and headed toward Oz Google for...
by Kristen Lunceford | Jan 20, 2015 | Book Recommendations, Faith, Parenting
The good news was that we finally had our feet under us. The bad news was that we didn’t know we were standing on a rug. It came flying out from under me first. It was early in the spring of 2007, and the dust from a season of successive life changes seemed to...
by Kristen Lunceford | Oct 21, 2014 | Parenting
Every time I sit down to write out our adoption story for the brave families I see standing on the starting line of the process, I wimp out. I’m afraid our experience is no longer relevant to them and that nothing I write will stop their legs from shaking anyway, so...
