by Beth Lueders | May 13, 2023 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Family, Perspective, Uncategorized
On my kitchen counter rests a framed silhouette of a woman above the words of Proverbs 31:25: “…she smiles at the future” (NASB). This gift from a friend reminds me of my mother. Despite ongoing life challenges—and in her last year losing most of her teeth to...
by Beth Lueders | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog Post, Family, Perspective
The dirty diapers, the 3 a.m. feedings, the unending laundry. Mom deserves more praise. The millions of meals cooked, the boo-boo kisses, the bedtime stories. As an unattributed quote reminds us, “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” If my mother...
by Beth Lueders | May 10, 2018 | Family
Letters from Mom are often simply priceless. Now days we’d add emails, posts, texts, and YouTube videos. Beyoncé’s mother wrote this note to her four daughters for Mother’s Day 2015, “I remember slumber parties after my divorce, when we watched old movies and ate a...
by Beth Lueders | Mar 11, 2018 | Blog Post
In 1903, Mary Anderson invented the first windshield wiper blade. Five years later, housewife Melitta Bentz patented a coffee filter system. In the 1950s, bank secretary and single mom Bette Nesmith Graham created Mistake Out (later patented as Liquid Paper®). And for...
by Beth Lueders | May 11, 2017 | Blog Post
Mother-daughter relationships elicit such joy, and well, heartache. You see, we women are a delightful, perplexing blend of courage, cheer, and complexity. We feel deep love for each other and yet dread when we are just not communicating at our best. Many of us have...
