Meet the Author
Writer Terese Luikens contributes articles for Mother Earth News, The Secret Place, Decision Magazine, The Upper Room, Hearts at Home, and the Epoch Times and publishes her own blog, Why Bother? A schoolteacher and a yoga instructor, Terese lives in Sandpoint, Idaho, with her husband and enjoys being mother to three grown sons and grandmother to her much-loved grandchildren.
Latest Blog Posts
Why Bother Regarding Dad?
Regarding Dad Whether we are an only child, one of many, wanted, adopted or abused, we are better adults if we appraise our childhoods instead of trying to forget them. Our childhoods shape us. During our formative years, beginning in infancy and ending when we finally fly the coop, we form certain ideas on how…
Why Bother Taking Note of Our Family’s Culture?
Our Family’s Culture Regarding our childhoods, whether an only child, one of many, wanted, adopted, abused, or abandoned our childhoods shaped us. During our formative years, beginning in infancy and ending when we finally flew the coop, our lives took a particular shape based on our family’s culture. Culture, in its simplest definition, is the…
Why Bother Regarding Childhood?
Regarding Childhood It is a new month and I get to choose a new theme! I choose the theme of, regarding our childhoods. Whether we are an only child, one of many, wanted, adopted or abused, we are better adults if we regard our childhoods instead of disregarding them. Our childhoods shape us. During our…