by Julie Lefebure | May 5, 2015 | Parenting, This Lefe Family
I’m that mom. You know her. The one who is the strictest, the meanest, the one who doesn’t allow disrespect from her children. I believe it’s hereditary, because my mom was the same way. I vividly remember yelling at her, “I hate you!!,”...
by Julie Lefebure | Apr 18, 2015 | Parenting, personal journey, This Lefe Family
Making a list and checking it twice doesn’t just happen at Christmastime. Ask any mom of a soon-to-be high school graduate, and she’ll tell you she’s doing just that. And much, much more. Five weeks from today our youngest will walk across that...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 14, 2015 | Parenting, personal journey
Another week has passed us by. As I look back over it, I am thankful. Thankful for God’s presence in my life, thankful for my friends and family, and thankful for the opportunity to share this life together. I also learned a few things along the way this week....
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 11, 2015 | Parenting
Parenting is hard work. There were times when I questioned if all I was doing was worth it. The fruits of my labor were absent. I was tired. Worn out. Weary in my parenting. Was anything I modeled and taught sinking in? Let alone, so often I felt like I was failing as...
by Julie Lefebure | Jun 30, 2014 | family life, Parenting, This Lefe Family
Parents, God has given us the great responsibility of raising our children in His ways, and to model to them what faith in Jesus looks like. Train up a child in the way he should go,And when he is old he will not depart from it.Proverbs 22:6 Yesterday I shared the 25...
by Julie Lefebure | Jun 29, 2014 | family life, Parenting, This Lefe Family
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Parents, we have quite a responsibility raising up daughters who follow after God, and who are comfortable in their own skin. Daughters who are kind, respectful, and...