Improving my love of life…. through loving God, self and others
I spent some time on the phone with a dear friend recently, she's a member of my tribe, one who truly speaks into my heart and life and lets me do the same for her. We were talking about the difficulty of living with intentionality in all things. We also touched on our thought lives... Continue Reading →
What do parents say when life gets hard with their children? "We are exhausted all of the time. I don't know how to do this well." "Is there a class we can take? Can you recommend a good book? Maybe she needs counseling." "I love him, I just don't like him right now." "It's a... Continue Reading →
When our oldest was starting kindergarten, the parents were invited to an Open House to meet the teacher and get insight about how the whole school thing went down. I don't remember a lot of the details of that night, except sitting in too-small chairs and nibbling bad cookies with twenty five other nervous parents,... Continue Reading →
Guys.....if you're starting to feel some pressure from all the Valentine's Day ads but have no idea how to proceed, I think I can help. You have the universal question looming right now....what does she want from me? Okay, here we go.... 1. She doesn't want you to ask her what she wants. Ever. If you... Continue Reading →
You know the drill: there is a birthday in your house and child 1 receives all kinds of new treasures while the siblings look on with hungry eyes. How do you teach birthday-child-who-has-more-than-they-could-ever-want to share his new bounty? We had to institute a policy early on; the first day with the new treasure was just... Continue Reading →
Chad Bautch video There is a family in our community that is very special to me, my kids drive their son to school most mornings, he hangs out at our house whenever he can, his Mom is a treasure and his Dad is a rock. His Dad also has cystic fibrosis, has battled all his... Continue Reading →
I knew things weren't great in our marriage; in a lot of ways we were just in survival mode - the kids were 4, 2 and 6 months and we were in shock as to how much time and energy they pulled out of us each day. My guy was in a sales role at... Continue Reading →
As we were getting married, I looked around at all the other couples who were recently engaged. I remember thinking that if one of every two marriages end in divorce, who will fall? Out of the four sibling marriages within our two families, two would not make it, right? Everybody knows the statistic - 50% of all... Continue Reading →
Do you ever complain that your guy doesn't open up to you? I used to. We talked a great deal about daily life and I shared my feelings about every single thing, often feeling frustrated that he didn't seem very interested, and then irritated that he didn't share his own. I tried everything; I asked... Continue Reading →
Ever been told you have a critical spirit? I have, not by a person, but God has convicted me of it time and again. If you tend to look at something - a performance, the layout of a store, a beautiful scene, the efficiency of a group working together - and say this is really... Continue Reading →
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