Most parents struggle with priorities. It doesn’t matter if you have one child or several kids, orchestrating a balanced life sometimes seems next to impossible. Juggling housework, job, kids, homework, activities, and a spouse is enough to make anyone’s life seem thrown off kilter at times. Add to that a kid who isn’t fairing well […]
When our kids are little it is easy to laugh at the cute things they say and do. Even during those early years of school we watch with excitement as they encounter new experiences and are filled with wonder. And then as our kids become tweens and teens the climate in most homes changes. Instead […]
Sitting in his second floor home office, my husband, Dave, heard the scurry of feet with the rolling of what could only be walnuts across the attic floor. Not wanting to hurt what had to be a pesky squirrel storing his winter stash, my husband did a humane thing. He bought a trap that would […]
A very wise counselor said to me one time, “If it isn’t a matter of life and death, it doesn’t need to be fixed right now.” Oh, I wish I had heard those words years before and really grasped the true meaning. The most common thing I hear from parents is that a kid knows the consequence […]
Do you ever feel stuck with your kids? Are you tired of hounding them to do something only to find that you have become the barbaric person you swore you would never be? The volume in the room raises, your voice takes on a gruff “I mean it” tone, your hands are on your hips in a power stance, […]
I’m in the middle of three books which, if you know me, is highly unusual for this linear thinker. The thing for me is that none of them are remotely connected–or so I thought. Today, I had the A-ha that God has me focused here for a reason. Each of these books is focused on […]