by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 15, 2022 | Book Reviews, Faith Reflections, Family, Twin Mom, Writing
I resolve to stop reading Christian family discipleship books when I am stressed. Or maybe the opposite is true. Maybe those books are exactly what I need when I am feeling my worst. Today has not been a great day in the Trumpower toddler twin household. No one did...
by Amanda Trumpower | Dec 5, 2021 | Faith Reflections, Family, Twin Mom
Like many parents of toddlers, I’m at my wit’s end. My twins turn 3 in just a few weeks. We are delighted with their growing relational skills, desire to play with others, and increasing awareness of life around them. But I’d be lying if I said there...
by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 23, 2020 | Twin Mom
I’ve decided I need the title above as a bumper sticker. Or a t-shirt. Or possibly both. My brother is famous for gifting funny and/or significant-for-your-current-stage-of-life t-shirts at Christmas. Maybe he can work his magic for me this year. The world has...
by Amanda Trumpower | Aug 8, 2019 | Mutant Merry Men, My Books, Writing
Defenestrate. Verb. To throw something (technically, someone) out of a window. Isn’t English marvelous? We have words like “defenestrate.” I didn’t know that was a word I needed until I learned it. Words can do all kinds of nifty things. Teach...
by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 8, 2019 | Twin Mom
I generally wait a day before sharing some of our darker highlights to avoid any risk of melodrama. This isn’t so much one coherent narrative as it as a Nutri-Bullet blend of ups, downs, stress. What feels like four weeks of life squashed and puréed into about six...
