What will you reset in 2018?
The change of the calendar year brings promise of the new. But discouragement can settle in when everything seems to go back to normal. It does not have to be this way! You can decide what you are going to reset in 2018. One thing the Pellicane family is resetting...
Welcome to 2018
Happy New Year friends! Here's a 1-minute video with a few of our family highlights of 2017. I hope it makes you smile. Thank you for being a part of my life! One of my mom's friends sent me this verse today and I share it gladly with you: How abundant are the good...
Book Giveaway: Prayers for Hope and Healing
***The giveaway is now closed. Congrats Debra!*** ***Please leave a comment to enter the giveaway. U.S. entries only please. One winner will be chosen on Friday*** I hope you had a very merry and blessed Christmas! What a beautiful time of year to celebrate the...
Podcast: Prayers for Hope and Healing with Sarah Forgrave
Download the podcast on iTunes or listen here How can you stay encouraged if you are chronically ill? What can you say or do for a friend who is sick? My friend Sarah Forgrave is here to talk about her book, Prayers for Hope and Healing: Seeking God's Strength as You...
Christmas Family Traditions
Believe it or not, I am still struggling with my voice. I think "Silent Night" will be this year's Christmas family tradition for me! I remember last year, someone at church asked my cherubs, "What are some of your family traditions? To my horror, they said something...
From Darkness to Light – Remembering Miscarriage
Arlene's testimony about miscarriage on Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah A special welcome to my friends at Proverbs 31 Ministries. Perhaps you read my devotion today and you came to hear my testimony about my miscarriage. This originally aired on Turning Point...
Book Giveaway: Doing Busy Better with Glynnis Whitwer
***This giveaway is closed. Congratulations Lisa!*** Your to-do list can have you feel defeated by midday. Can you be productive yet sane? Driven yet content? Busy yet rested? My friend Glynnis Whitwer has written a wonderful book to help us manage life to the...
Christmas Gift Giving Book List
Curling up with a good book is a simple pleasure in life. A good book makes holiday travel less stressful. It's always nice to have something you are looking forward to reading. Books make great gifts! Of course, I am honored whenever you choose to purchase one of...
5 Ways to Help Your Kids Have a Thankful Heart
Happy Thanksgiving friends! Some of you read my devotional on Proverbs 31 today. Gratitude is something we want to cultivate and encourage in the heart of our kids (and ourselves!). Gratitude doesn't always occur naturally...and may need some prodding. My daughter...
Podcast: Doing Busy Better with Glynnis Whitwer
Download the podcast on iTunes or listen here: Do you feel like you are too busy? Or maybe it's difficult for you to slow down and rest? This month's Happy Home Podcast will help you find that right balance between work and rest. I am thrilled to present my friend...
Technology and Your College Student
I love talking with parents of young kids because if you set healthy boundaries early on with technology, you can get some pretty amazing results. But what if your child is already a college student? There's not much chance you'll be collecting his or her phone at...
Oh no! Mom Can’t Talk!
What would happen at your house if you couldn't talk for one day? I actually know the answer to this hypothetical question because I have been on total voice rest since October 23 because of laryngitis! James texted our friend: Arlene has taken a vow of silence. The...
How to Talk About Halloween with Your Kids
"Mom, there is one holiday I wish we could just skip all together." "What holiday is that?" "Halloween." With spiders and webs all around, floating ghosts, ghoulish looking faces popping up all over the neighborhood, I can see why my daughter would rather skip...
Book Giveaway: Calm, Cool, and Connected
***This giveaway is now closed. The winner is Kathleen K!*** A special welcome to my friends from Proverbs 31! As we take fewer selfies and put the focus on others more, we will feel calmer and happier. I hope you will enjoy reading my latest book Calm, Cool, and...
Book Giveaway: Every Piece of Me by Jerusha Clark
***This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to our winner Lucy!*** How would you like to live a better life? Count me in! My friend, author Jerusha Clark has a new book to help, Every Piece of Me: Shattering Toxic Beliefs and Discovering the Real You. I'm happy to...
Podcast: Freedom from Porn with Lynn Marie Cherry
Download the podcast on iTunes or listen here: What a joy to welcome Lynn Marie Cherry to share her moving story of redemption. Lynn is the author of "Keep Walking: 40 Days to Hope and Freedom after Betrayal." When she discovered her husband's porn addiction, her...
How Would You Do on This Survey?
I wonder how my kids would have rated me in a recent large study. Would I have cringed at their answers? The survey was about what kids really wanted their parents to know. After surveying 6,000 children, researchers found that: 54 percent said their parents checked...
Take a Hike
Need some peace away from the bad news of the day, constant emails, or trail of tweets? It could be as easy as taking a hike. Yes, it might mean planning a vacation in the great outdoors, or it might be just taking a walk around the block, or outside your office...
Podcast: Calm, Cool, and Connected
Download the podcast on iTunes or listen here: Overwhelmed by your to-do list? Discouraged by the headlines? Like me, you could use some help taming your technology. On this month's Happy Home podcast, we're going to talk about having a calmer, cooler, and more...
Remembering Without Regrets
Do you remember when your children were preschoolers? For some of you, that's the future. For others, that stage is way in the past! My youngest Lucy is almost 8. I remember bringing her to MOPS groups when she was little. She would assist me at my book table. I'm...
4 Tips to Tame Your Phone Use
Need to feel more calm, cool, and connected? Would your kids say, "My mom (or my dad) is on the phone too much"? Here are 4 tips to taming your phone use from a news segment I did this week on San Diego 8 on the CW. You'll find that a few simple changes can make a...
A Time to Text, A Time to Talk
There is a time to text, and there is a time to talk. Texting is great for "Meet you in 5." It's not so great for "I have a problem with what you said to be me yesterday..." Solomon wrote the famous words in the Book of Ecclesiastes, "There is a time for everything,...
Book Launch Day!
Yippee! YAY! Confetti! Yahoo! It's book launch day! Today is the day you can pick up my new book, Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life. Most of us struggle with checking our phones too often, and connecting with our loved ones too...
It’s Hard to Feel Your Love When You’re Holding the Phone
Have you ever tried to get your spouse's or child's attention, only to find yourself competing with a phone? It's hard to feel loved when others are staring at their phones. Sure, you can send a text to loved one and connect that way. But it's much more common - if...
