Screaming Like A Banshee, How Not To
Once upon a time, self-mastery/self-control was a highly valued trait for a Christian to have. Unfortunately, what passed for...
top of page
The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Mar 10, 2013
- 7 min
Worst Clobber Verse EVER – Christian Patriarchy Edition
In a more perfect world, the title of this post would be complete jibberish to all of my lovely readers. But alas, we live in a world...
- Mar 8, 2013
- 5 min
Do You Know How to Feel Loved?
Pretty regularly my three year old Olivia will tell me, “Michaela loves me.” Or Noah or Dad or whoever in the family she’s just been...
- Jan 15, 2013
- 3 min
Wrestling Hope
“Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the...
- Dec 29, 2012
- 7 min
Do Your Kids Know Their Own Story?
I’m having some trouble writing at the moment, so in honor of my daughter Olivia’s 3rd birthday, here’s a repeat which ends with the...
- Dec 27, 2012
- 5 min
Jesus Saved Our Christmas Dinner
We have a seating problem in our home. Well, two of them actually. The first is that our chairs don’t match and the folding chairs have...
- Dec 20, 2012
- 6 min
For the Woman at the Post Office Who is Reporting Me for Child Abuse
I gave her my name, so I’m kind of hoping she googles me. Cuz that’s how cool I am – if you google my name, it brings ya here. As long as...
- Dec 18, 2012
- 4 min
Do You Treat God Like Old Aunt Myrtle?
“Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” Luke 18:17 When ever I have hear...
- Oct 9, 2012
- 3 min
You are a beautiful woman . . .
Ok Gentlemen, if you could leave us alone for a moment, I have something I’d like to share with the ladies real quick. Well, I guess if...
- Sep 28, 2012
- 4 min
PMS, Reinterpreted
Do women tend to have higher natural emotional intelligence (EQ) than men? Most people think so although research hasn’t settled the...
- Sep 5, 2012
- 5 min
God : Me :: Me : The drama troupe I gave birth to
I can’t begin to imagine where they got it from – probably their father’s side – but I have some rather dramatic children. We still laugh...
- Jun 6, 2012
- 9 min
Smart Kids Being Dumb
If I had it to do all over again, I would never have put them in school. I would have gone straight to online schools once I could no...
- May 20, 2012
- 5 min
Sometimes You Just Have To Be Your Own Cheerleader!
Dearest Rebecca, Hi! I’ve heard that you’ve been having a hard time lately so I thought you could use some encouragement. I know that...
- May 3, 2012
- 5 min
Why My Kindergartener Will Not Be Getting Fingerprinted
My Sophia is upset. You see, today at school the local police will be taking the fingerprints of all kindergarteners whose parents signed...
- Feb 25, 2012
- 2 min
Children: What’s the return on investment?
Wasn't Noah Cute? I clipped this essay out of the local paper 10 years ago and don’t know who the original author is, but wanted to...
- Feb 2, 2012
- 3 min
Raise a child up and whaaaaa?
Train a child up in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6 Awww, isn't he just...
- Jan 22, 2012
- 4 min
Rolling your eyes is a good parenting technique
Collin is learning to be a really funny, crabby 45 year old man. Unfortunately he’s stuck being 12 at the moment. Want to do something...
- Jan 19, 2012
- 7 min
Do Your Kids Know Their Own Story?
Trotter children are immediately identifiable by their curly hair Each of my children has a story we tell them about some way in which...
- Jan 4, 2012
- 2 min
Mindfulness and Procrastination
The way things usually work is that in the back of my mind, I will know there’s something I need to get done. Sometimes these things...
- Dec 29, 2011
- 5 min
A New Year’s Resolution for the Overwhelmed, Forgetful and Easily Distracted
quasi-ex-husband) would pull out a piece of paper and write “Trotter Family Resolutions” across the top. So we could “pull them out at...
bottom of page