In the fast-paced world we live in, it’s easy to get caught-up in the culture of privilege. Without thinking about our daily interactions with our kids, we can easily let the life skills that will be so valuable to them as adults easily slide. Too many times we “give them a pass” because we know […]
In Jaunary 2016, while With All Due Respect was in the initial stages of publishing, a group was formed to see how the materials would work. Six brave souls agreed to come to my house for nine weeks to work through the book. Meanwhile a mother who lived in Tennessee offered to do the book on […]
As a parent I have been known to take detours that lead me down a path that is in desperate need of repair. You know the ones I’m talking about. Maybe there is a rule in your home where you’ve outlined a consequence, and just once you forgot to enforce it. What happens? The whining […]
I seem to be swimming in re-entry these days. For me, I’ve been struggling with re-entry into blogging. The longer I’ve procrastinated (+time), the more conflict that seems to take place in my mind. You know the kind where you carry on a conversation with yourself . The voices go something like “once I get this […]
“I just don’t know what to do!” Erin sobbed. “Nothing I say seems to get through to her! We raised her in the church, she knows right from wrong, yet she chooses to date guys that most girls wouldn’t even give a second look. The fact that I know she is sleeping with them absolutely […]
Sitting at a local coffee shop with a woman whose son I had recently met, Lana poured out her heart as we sipped cappuccino. I wasn’t sure why she wanted to speak to me; but as she began to fill in the details, I realized that I was an anomaly in her world. “Your family […]