Improving my love of life…. through loving God, self and others
Our son is in love. He's been dating a wonderful young lady for about six months now and it has been fun to watch him care for and protect someone other than his sisters. I have no idea where this relationship will go in the future, it's not my job to know these things, but... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Lately I have had the 'pleasure' of driving our teenage daughter to the chiropractor three days a week after school. She is a serious student, so for years now her mood has depended on how her school day went, how much homework she has and any looming projects in mind. I am accustomed to treading... Continue Reading →
Riding in the car with my son, chatting about the future, these talks are happening more and more often. We are traveling to Chicago this weekend for a 'serious' college visit and making plans for Colorado soon and I am struck by the way these kids have so many options in front of them. I... Continue Reading →
Maybe it happens when you're tired or at a weak moment, when your confidence level is really low. You are at a party and look over at the beautiful woman who is smiling up at her husband while he says something witty and wonderful, their well- behaved children are nearby in clean clothes that are... Continue Reading →
My Dad was coming to town for a visit. Just a few days, enough time to watch our son play one of his last football games and spend time talking with our youngest about her future. What grandfathers do. Over the same weekend, our church had scheduled the annual Daddy Daughter Ball, a night out... Continue Reading →
This will be short, I'm on a trip to visit our girl at missionary school, phones and laptops are allowed but not encouraged at this point. Today my guy sent me a picture of our living room after a couple of large dogs spent some time alone. Somehow they found school supplies (I'm not sure... Continue Reading →
Not so long ago we had a tough year in our house. We had teens that were struggling, but who were not talking to us about it. The result was that one got into a pretty big mess and pulled others into it, as well. I won't go into detail because it's not my journey,... Continue Reading →
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