I spent last week with Katie. She’s a graduate student in Indiana. I took up residence in the living room of her tiny apartment, sleeping on an air mattress. Katie works lots of hours so I didn’t see her a lot. However, I did see more clearly into her life […]
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If I had to identify the mistake I made more often than any in my parenting it would be that of making mountains out of molehills. Everything was an issue with me. Why? Partly because I believed everything really was an issue. Everything could lead to something terrible happening to […]
Read More...This is my first vlog! I’d love to hear your response and for you to share it with your friends Parents want more than anything to have influence in their kids’ lives. However, when our kids hit the teen years it’s easy for us to believe the lie that […]
Read More...Setbacks and Surprises are part of intentional living and are beneficial. My first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. When pregnant with our second child, Gene’s job was unexpectedly terminated. He was without work for five months. In the 2008 stock market crash we lost a considerable amount of the […]
Read More...“I’ve really appreciated and taken for granted my parents always being available. I never had to wonder where my parents were or when they were getting home. During high school, when I came home I usually spent the night in my room. But I always knew that if I wanted […]
Read More...“You can’t fix or save your child, and it is not your responsibility to do so. This attitude goes back to the lies we believe as parents–if we were better parents, our kids would be strong Christians. What a fallacy! God is the perfect parent, but His kids are not […]
Read More...Yes, I know—Monday I wrote about praying for my girls. Today I want to encourage them with what that means—being prayed for. Girls, years ago when Katie was in first grade and struggling in the first couple of weeks, another mom challenged me to pray for her every time I […]
Read More...Katie had a hard time adjusting to first grade. Kindergarten was great. It was half-day and she thrived. But first grade was exhausting. Katie was the youngest in her class with a late August birthday. The full day taxed her in every way. I was concerned and shared my […]
Read More...Does anything speak love to a child more than a parent’s trustworthiness? Does anything mean more to a child than to know her parents will do what they say they would do? Our trustworthiness builds a bond with our kids that we will need in the hard times […]
Read More...Today on Amazon I saw a book title that included the words “small choices lead to big changes.” It started my thought process. What small actions in parenting lead to big changes in our kids? I won’t make a list because lists can be overwhelming and when we’re […]
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