"Big Red Experiment" ~ Praying for your Tween and Peer Pressure

Aug 22, 2012 | Parenting on your Knees, Prayer, Vicki Tiede

            “Are-we-going-to-the-store-because-I-hafta-get-Big-Red-Do-you-know-what-that-is-It’s-gum-and-I-hafta-get-some,” Kadi spewed breathlessly as she jumped in the van after play practice. “Hello to you, too. And, yes, for the record, I do know what Big Red is....

"Operation Clean Sweet" ~ Praying for your school age child and orderliness

Jul 25, 2012 | Parenting on your Knees, Prayer, Vicki Tiede

            I sidestepped a couple articles of clothing strewn on my daughter’s floor, choosing not to make an issue of it. After all, this was a vast improvement over the filthy mess that had blanketed her room days before. However, as I deposited my basket of clean...

"I Want to be Jesus" ~ Praying for your little ones and sibling rivalry

Jun 27, 2012 | Parenting on your Knees, Prayer

After spending the weekend at “CampGrandmaand Grandpa,” our preschool boys were attempting to “gain the floor” and regale their father with stories from their time at the farm. It didn’t take long before they were arguing and demanding equal time and attention from...

"I fink I can" ~ Praying for Your Little One to Persevere

May 30, 2012 | Parenting on your Knees, Prayer, Vicki Tiede

I wasn’t prepared for the pain my heart would feel watching my middle child learn to speak. When Ben was two and a half my mommy heart told me his speech development was not where it should have been. A trip to a respected speech therapist at the Mayo Clinic confirmed...

"Mama, Get!" ~ Praying for your Little One and Temper Tantrums

May 18, 2012 | Parenting on your Knees, Prayer, Vicki Tiede

Two-year-old Abby and her mom were snuggling on the bed one afternoon, enjoying some stories and quiet time together. When Abby got rough with one of the picture books, her mother said they would need to put the books away. Little Miss Abby threw her pacifier on the...

This'll Make You Smile

Mar 31, 2009 | Parenting on your Knees

Have you smiled today because of the simplicity of something? My boys just transformed my bathtub into the ocean, complete with a pirate boat, shells, a whale, and a stack of towels in the water with a palm tree perched in the center … clearly an island....