by Becky Thompson | Jul 3, 2020 | For Mommas
Parenting in a Pandemic So you’re parenting in the middle of a pandemic. Gah. None of us planned for this. Did we? It’s the worst. Being a mom on a regular Thursday was hard enough. Mom in the middle of a global crisis with civil unrest on a Thursday halfway through a...
by Becky Thompson | Mar 24, 2020 | Devotionals
Is God Good? Hard Questions about the Global Pandemic and Faith “If God is good, why is this happening?” “If God knew, why didn’t He tell us?” In the wake of the global pandemic, hard questions are rising to the surface of hearts across...
by Becky Thompson | Mar 21, 2020 | Conversations with God
For Those Who Feel Afraid Right Now Me: Okay, God, here’s the thing. I’m scared. I’m trying not to be, but I am. God: I know. Want to talk about it? Me: Do we need to? I mean, you already know. God: Let’s talk about it anyway… We’ve...
by Becky Thompson | Mar 19, 2020 | Trending Issues
To Sum Up This Week in the US for Moms… What is Normal Anymore? All three of my kids had confirmed cases of Influenza A the week before the coronavirus (COVID-19) was diagnosed in our area. All three of them were running 103-104 fevers for nearly five days. I...
by Becky Thompson | Mar 15, 2020 | Trending Issues
Today We Pray for Our Nation Father, we have called ourselves a nation under Your authority, God. As Your children and as people called by Your name, we believe Your Word. You told Your children in 2 Coronicles 14:7 (KJV), “If my people, which are called by my...
by Becky Thompson | Mar 13, 2020 | Trending Issues
I Taught Them About the Virus… and This This afternoon, I asked my three young children to sit down on the rug in our living room, and I positioned myself across from them. They were diagnosed with Influenza A last week, and the dark circles under their eyes...
by Becky Thompson | Jan 10, 2020 | Conversations with God
For the One Struggling with Comparison A CONVERSATION ON COMPARISON Me: “I’m having trouble.” God: “Tell me more…” (So I started to list all of the things I couldn’t do, making sure to name all of the people who did those things well.) And God answered, “Oh....
by Becky Thompson | Jan 9, 2020 | Anxiety
He Didn’t Know I Had a Mental Illness When We Got Married He didn’t know he was marrying someone with a mental illness… Mostly because we had only known each other for about five months when we got engaged. I was eighteen when he put that ring onto...
by Becky Thompson | Jan 7, 2020 | For Mommas
For the Momma Who Needs to Speak Kindly to Herself I was on the phone with my mom telling her about my day. “It sounds like you got a lot done,” she said. But I didn’t feel like her words were true. “It’s not a big deal. I didn’t get that much done. I have so much to...
by Becky Thompson | Jan 6, 2020 | For Mommas
For the Momma Who Just Can’t Keep Up I wander around my house and there is continual proof that I can’t keep up. I can’t always keep up with the dishes. I can’t keep up with the laundry-covered guest bed (even when I promise myself I’ll do one load a day.) I...
by Becky Thompson | Jan 4, 2020 | Anxiety
Oh, Anxious Mom Oh, anxious momma, your heart feels like it can only take so much. Your thoughts seem to never stop racing. You continually count your “okays.” My kids are okay. My husband is okay. My house is okay. My job is okay. My family is okay. My...
by Becky Thompson | Dec 26, 2019 | For Mommas
For the Momma Who Feels Like the World’s Worst I have this memory from when my kids were little… they had spent the morning playing with play doh and coloring and reading and dragging out all of their toys and FIGHTING. There had been tons of fighting. I...
by Becky Thompson | Dec 22, 2019 | Christmas, For Mommas
For the Moms Who Will Be Up Late This Week It’s 12:36 a.m., and I’m the only one awake in my house. I had to wait until everyone was asleep so I could sneak presents in from the car. I have a feeling this won’t be the only night this week that I stay...
by Becky Thompson | Dec 21, 2019 | For Mommas
For the Mom Who Doesn’t Think She Can Do This She was on the other side of the wall in the next room. I couldn’t hear what the nurses were saying or her husband or friends. I couldn’t hear what words her family might have spoken to assure her. I couldn’t hear the calm...
by Becky Thompson | Sep 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental Illness
The Building is On Fire and We are Just Watching *Trigger Warning – Suicide and Mental Health Eighteen years ago, on September 11, 2001 at 9:41:15 a.m Richard Drew captured a horrific photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center....
