When my kids were in the teen years and there seemed to be more conflict in our home than I wanted to deal with, I started doing some introspection as to what truths I held in my parenting. What I discovered was that all the things I had learned from my parents during my childhood weren’t necessarily […]
Several years ago, when I was at my wits end with one of my kids, someone recommended a book When I Lay My Isaac Down by Carol Kent. I’ve often thought about that title and how it applies to our daily lives, especially as we parent. With more than a decade since I read her book, […]
Just this past week I had to swallow my pride, take a step back, and deal with the disrespect I felt in a healthy way. It was really a little thing–one that could have easily been avoided if the person had just sloughed it off as an over site and moved on. And I’ll admit […]
Late in the day, I received a text about my on-line purchase. I had been tracking it since early morning. I had gone out to my front porch several times and even out to the mailbox in anticipation of its arrival. The tracking service had even said it had arrived in the vicinity and would be […]
I hear it often from women– almost daily. The excuses, I mean. The “I don’t deserve, I wish it were better, If only I could be more, I should have,” and the list goes on. In their mind, they never quite measure up. And they start owning everything that goes with parenting. They own the […]
This has been a contemplative time for me as a parent. Dealing with my own daughter’s death and thinking through her life, God has brought to mind many of my parenting interactions — the good, the bad, and the ugly. There are many of those thoughts where I got it right in my parenting interactions, yet there […]