THURSDAY, MARCH 11

MARRYING LATER IN LIFE, I was thrust into a new role—stepmom to two tall, lovely teenagers. When we first met years before, the question in my Once I married their dad, it became, still Although I had written loads on the subject of parenting, it was mainly as an interviewer, editor, or ghostwriter—I relied on another person’s wisdom, then came alongside and made their experiences sound pretty. That method doesn’t work so well when you’re the parent. I’m blessed that things have been great with my bonus kids so far, but there are times when I feel like the disciples in the passage above, overwhelmed and underfunded. This is when I need Jesus’s direction: “Bring them here to Me.” I found I have more loaves and fish than I thought!