This is it – the week before Mother’s Day. And chances are good it snuck up on you because somehow January-February were 4739 years long and March-April were approximately 7.4 seconds.

We don’t have a gift guide for you (although our favorite things from Amazon could be a great place to start) – but we do have a pretty incredible episode for all moms, grandparents, potential moms-to-be and mentors.

Melissa Kruger has walked with Michelle through motherhood, and right on time — just two weeks after her oldest became a teenager — Melissa released a new book on raising teens with Jesus as the focus.

In this episode, we dive deep into God’s heart for parenting our teens, including:

  • the risks of defaulting to parent out of motivations other than hope
  • laying the foundation for the teen years in childhood years
  • biggest challenges + opportunities in raising teens today
  • the reminder that it’s never too late to parent (or grandparent!) out of hope

Basically – parenting is tough. But you’re not alone in it. Let this episode be a reminder that we’re doing our best and hope always wins.

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