Julie Lavender is the author of 365 Ways to Love Your Child: Turning Little Moments into Lasting Memories, published by Revell, and Children’s Bible Stories for Bedtime, published by a Penguin Random House imprint. She recently spoke on a Focus on the Family Broadcast about showing love to a child. Julie homeschooled her now-adult kids for more than 27 years and has a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. Wife to David for almost 40 years, she and her husband are parents of four, inlaws of two, and grandparents to a precious three-year-old.