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 Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing?
Priorities I’ve been called many things, and some of the things that I’ve been called, I don’t agree with. But, when someone calls me organized, I agree with them. I am organized. Setting my day in order and keeping it orderly, just comes naturally for me. But it comes naturally only because someone showed me…
Why Bother Realizing the Value of Family Likenesses?
Admitting Family Likenesses In my memoir, A Heart’s Journey to Forgiveness, I make the point that my preferred parent was Dad. In comparison to Mom, I believed Dad was a lot more compassionate, tenderhearted and genuine. He was easier for me to love than Mom. Just recently though, I’ve begun to cherish those character qualities…
Why Bother Noticing Our Inward Orientation?
Directionally Challenged One year, while on summer vacation, I got terribly lost. It was a daunting experience. At first, I was afraid. Then when I found my way back to my family, I was embarrassed. For a whole day, I’d caused anxiety in my husband, sons, sisters and nephews. Anxiety is nothing you expect to…