• Ambitious Marriage,  Ambitious Motherhood,  Ambitious Thought Life

    How To Approach The Holidays With Your Unsaved Family

      Joy to the World, it is the Holiday season! In America, the holiday season stretches all the way from Halloween time until the New Year.  That is almost three whole months of time that you have to manage family expectations for where you spend what days, who gets what gifts, and who hosts what dinners. Let’s face it. Holidays can be stressful for any family. Add in the fact that sometimes you have unsaved family that chooses to celebrate the holiday season very differently than you. This can give you a whole pile of emotional decision-making to endure! Our Family’s Story Growing up, my family barely touched Halloween at…

  • Ambitious Motherhood

    Amazing Christian Gift Ideas To Include In Your Kid’s Easter Basket!

      For Christians, Easter is the highlight moment of celebration of Jesus’ victory over sin, death, and the grave! However, roaming the local stores I often struggle to find any evidence of Easter’s relation to the empty tomb. Instead there are rows of Easter bunnies, plastic eggs, and pastel baby chicks. If I look hard, I can find a chocolate shaped cross and maybe a little sign that says He is Risen! (And I must admit, it feels a tad bit weird eating a cross…) My Excitement For Easter Baskets Honestly, ever since I can remember, every Easter morning started with me waking to find an Easter basket setting in…