Do you know what my 8-year-old self or my 18-year-old self would have never believed? That sometimes, as a grown-up, I miss school. I heard someone reciting a poem yesterday. You do…
Author: lorettabushlack
Reality check. Death is coming.
Human life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” So said 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. And so say I. Sure we live many days in relative ease and complacency messing…
Well done. Good and faithful servant.
Johnse Jorge Bushlack, 45, passed away March 16, 2025 due to complications from an abdominal aneurysm while hiking with his family in Petrified Forest National Park. While we grieve his loss, we…
Admit it. The hard work of repentance.
When I was a kid I thought some pretty ridiculous things about life and the universe and the way things work: As grown-ups we still hold wrong ideas. Spiritual ideas we think are…
Think Fast. How Lent can enrich your family.
I don’t know how many of you were raised in a church background that emphasized the season of Lent. I was not. Nevertheless, I believe this traditional observance can be helpful and…
Legacy. A mission for forever.
As a Christian parent, I care about what God’s word has to say about this sacred trust of raising children. I look to the Bible for parenting principles and outright instruction on…
Timing. Is Everything.
At church we are in a series on the Book of Nehemiah called Stand Strong. This old book is full of practical life lessons and leadership principles. Last Sunday, Pastor Jay’s first…
I’m sorry. It’s important to make amends.
I do this thing sometimes. I “over-mom”. I give unsolicited advice. I drop a passive aggressive scold. I ask probing questions about things that aren’t my business. And the most embarrassing part:…
Waiting. What to do when God seems slow.
Waiting is the worst. Mostly I think it’s because I’m just so out of practice. Here’s some things I used to regularly have to wait for: Can you even imagine living like…
Congratulations. You’re unemployed.
I’ve heard it said that a parent’s whole job is to work themselves out of a job. Depending on the age and stage of your child(ren) right now that statement may make…