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 […]
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 […]
This week in USA Today a shocking story hit the press that will influence our teens. Many Americans are well aware that sleeping together early in the dating relationship is almost a given for a lot of teens. TV and movies portray this as normal behavior and it has influenced more than a generation. As parents we might […]
Reading through With All Due Respect assignment for her small group on Tuesday morning, Alison was surprised at the emotion she was feeling. Her kids had started playing soccer at such a young age. But, oh, how she would have done things differently if she could rewind the clock. She wished she had planned their family time […]
Target shocked the world with their announcement of transgender bathrooms as the masses cried out in outrage. Protesters boycott the store while the ACLU director quits her job because she says it threatens women’s safety after her girls were visibly upset at having used a restroom with towering transgender women. The real question is how we […]
Sitting at the table dressed in formal attire taking in all the sights, sounds, and feelings of our son’s wedding reception, I heard my husband’s words to our new daughter-in-law as he proposed a toast. “Lori, welcome to team Hitchcock!”