Not Meddling Just Mothering

When your child is a thief, a liar, unkind, an addict, or promiscuous - do you acknowledge that or ignore it? Some parents don’t see these shortcomings and others ignore them because they won’t know the solution to correctly handling it, if this is true. Others are scared to address it could cause a riff in the relationship. How can we as parents recognize our kids' faults and correct them before...

Refresh others and you will be refreshed. Don’t do parenthood alone! Honestly, don’t do life alone! Asha and Missey explore honest ways that mothers of adult children can lift each other up in encouragement and prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. So don’t give up. Surround yourself with others. This isn’t the time for d...

When our children were small, older adults told us to enjoy the dirty hands, the wet kisses, and them begging to sleep with us when they were scared because time passes fast. our kids are grown, but we must still celebrate the special moments we have now. Even in adulthood there’s small steps that we can overlook or our kids can overlook in their own lives as we focus on the BIG goals. Stop! Just...

As a parent it hurts to see your child face heartbreak and struggle. Yet your adult child also suffers when you as their parent are suffering. All of these trials and tests can come even when one is doing everything right, however we all know they can also come from bad choices. How will our adult child react is the main question. Will these moments of suffering strengthen them or break them? Can...

While we all know parenting is exhausting, we push forward knowing that there is a harvest to reap as we continue to sow into each season. Long after diaper duty is done there’s still a place for parents to stop, give their kids some space and take space for themselves! Adult children no longer need you to helicopter over them. You’ve worked hard to get them this far so give them space! Now is the...

As mothers, we want the best for our children and we expect that we’ll be the ones who are responsible to give them that. This episode discusses the feelings moms have when they compare themselves to unrealistic society ideals or their own expectations and find themselves falling short. We didn’t have the term “mom guilt” when our own kids were small. But Yes, we had it- shame of leaving them at d...

Listen in while we discuss favorites, it might not be who you expect.

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No pain seems as great as that feeling when your child is self medicating their pain with drugs, alcohol, or any other addiction. Listen as Asha speaks with Missey and Lisa about the pain they have felt and the answers they got from looking to their Heavenly Father

Have your adult children ever offended you? Have you ever offended them? OF COURSE! Asha and Missey talk about real life situations where their children were hurt and offended with them, and where they were offended by their adult children. We quote some great passages from the book Unoffendable- by Brant Hansen (written in 2015) and take time to see what God's Word says about being offendable.

Listen in this episode as Asha and Missey AKA Deb and Melesia, explore a mom’s changing role now that your children are adults. They also address boundaries and expectations that change as your children grow into independent adults.