I find the biggest obstacle to parents building relationship with their kids who are making decisions they don’t agree with is the parent. Yes, the parent. I’m not blaming parents for their kids’ poor decisions nor am I putting the responsibility of those decisions on the parents. I am saying […]
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Guest Author–A Why for Friendship
Today I am honored and privileged to share a post by Genevieve Georget. She strings words together with the most beautiful rhythm and melody. Her photographs are as beautiful as her writing. All that to say, she is an amazing author and photographer. Gen and I met on Instagram. Her […]
Read More...The Word for Today is. . .
Today’s word is grace. It softened all the hard edges in my day. In every conversation, book I read, and thought, I was made aware of how I (we) are in constant need of grace from others and ourselves, and how it needs to flow from us to others and […]
Read More...There Will Be Failures
This morning I while working on the material for Friday I received a sweet text from a dear friend. She was at the spring brunch at the church she and my daughter, Kelsey, attend. Her text read, “Kelsey is doing a great job speaking!” My heart sank. What? Was Kelsey […]
Read More...Three Keys to a Healthy Relationship with Your Teen/Young Adult Child
Later this week I will travel to spend time with Katie and her husband. We are all very excited. There was a time many years ago when I could not have imagined a fun visit like this. Most of you have read either here or in my book, Love No […]
Read More...What I Told Your Daughter–How God Sees Her
Part 2—How God Sees You: Who You Really Are Monday we talked about the unique person God made you to be. Today we will talk about how God sees you and why that matters. First you need to know one thing about God. God loves you. 1 John 4:9, 10 […]
Read More...How God Really Sees You
Do you feel like God is almost always frowning when He looks at you, when He considers your failures, your weaknesses, when He compares you to your perfect friend (which He never does)? Do you feel like the only time God is pleased with you is when you do something […]
Read More...5 Things Your Child Needs From You before Back to School
I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year. I’m ready to get back into a schedule even though I’ve had a ball spending time with friends and my family. But I also hate that the girls are going back to school and it will be weeks between visits. […]
Read More...Do You Need to Forgive Your Child?
I will start by honestly telling you I give my kids plenty of opportunities to offer me forgiveness. I mess up as a mom on a regular basis. My kids look into the eyes of a cranky, impatient woman and feel like she can’t be pleased. The perfect […]
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