I remember it well. The phone call, I mean. Mrs. Hitchcock, this is Sargent (whatever his name) from the police department. I’ll admit, I’m not sure at that moment if I caught all the details. All I remember was the pause after I hung up with him. My husband was standing nearby and must have […]
As I talk with women across the country about parenting issues and we talk about our kids, the same theme seems to surface. As moms we’re afraid for our kids. Whether it be a school shooting, falling in with the wrong crowd, cutting, or drinking and drugs, pregnancy, or a failing test score, we have […]
As I spent time with a friend today we started talking about helping our kids become motivated. The more we talked I was hit with an a-ha. “Do you think your son knows what his purpose is?” I asked. There was a long pause. And for both of us it was as if the dawning […]
My husband has a saying, “Every teen we come in contact with needs someone to take them seriously.” Just the other day, I discovered how true that is as I was sitting in a room of women. A fifty something woman literally glowed as she spoke, “You’ll never guess what happened this week. My mother […]
Thirteen years ago I was struggling as a parent. I grew up with the lie that every problem could be solved and if it impacted me then it was my problem to fix. The reality that I wasn’t supermom hit hard and shattered me to the core. I wish I had known my new friend Dena Yohe during […]