Table of Contents
From Angela 7
Kids Need Their Mom
1 To Pray in Secret with the Door Open 9
2 To Never Stop Touching Them 13
3 To Hang Hearts of Love over Their Lives 17
4 To Watch Them Go Out of Sight 21
5 To Keep a Date Night with Dad 25
6 To Make Them Sit Around the Table...and Linger 29
7 To Let Her Yes Be Yes and Her No Be No 33
8 To Be Delayed, Rerouted, and Canceled with Poise 37
9 To Make Them Wait to Take a Bite 41
10 To Take Christmas to People Who Have Nothing 45
11 To Miss a Few Things They Do Wrong 49
12 To Put Down the Phone 53
13 To Learn Their Unique Love Language 57
14 To Occasionally Be a Supermom 61
15 To Turn Their Beds Down at Night 65
16 To Ride a Roller Coaster...for the First Time 69
17 To Talk to Them like They Are Fascinating 73
18 To Treat Their Friends like Family 77
19 To Cheer Wildly from the Stands 81
20 'To Give Grace-Filled Consequences 85
21 To Be a Passionate, Alive, Spiritual Lover of God 89
22 To Indulge Their Silly 93
23 To Have a Hallelujah Party 97
24 To Keep a Family Blog 101
25 To Become Physically and Emotionally Healthy 105
26 To Become Spiritually Healthy 109
27 To Believe They Will Not Grunt Forever 113
28 To Make a Big Deal Out of God 117
29 To Keep Her Promise 121
30 To Wait on Them Hand and Foot...When They Are Sick 125
31 To Tell Them co Buy Another Token and Keep Swinging 129
32 To Pray Them Home and for the Will of God 133
33 To Be a "Groovy" Mom 137
34 To Teach Them How to Know the Voice of God 141
35 To Believe in Their Strengths and Speak Life into Their Gifts 45
36 To Make a Home Where Grace Lives 149
37 To Throw Down the "MOM Card" 153
38 To Tell Them What She'd Do Differently 157
39 To Make a Big Deal Out of Grandparents and Extended Family 161
40 To Teach Them How to Keep Their Money Straight, in Order, Facing the Same Direction 165
41 To Be Patient About Things like Thumb-Sucking and Pacifiers 169
42 To Let Them Make Really Dumb Mistakes Without Condemnation 173
43 To Introduce Them to Her Friend Named Jesus 177
44 To Set the Tone for the Family 181
45 To Teach Them to Genuinely Respect All People, Cultures, Denominations, and Creeds 185
46 To Teach the Boys How to Love a Wife 189
47 To Teach the Girls How to Love a Husband 193
48 To Identify the Characteristics of a Fool and Tell Them What to Do When They Meet One 197
49 To Train Them to Listen to Her 201
50 To Teach Them to Not Be Easily Offended 205
51 To Live as Single Moms with Amazing Lives 209
52 To Teach Them a Gracious and Generous Hospitality 213
