Dec 29, 2019 | On Parenting
As a parent, I like to think that I’m striving to give my kids opportunities. I want to expose them to new skills, let them explore, try, and find their thing. I pretend that’s my goal when we tell them they should sign up for an activity or buy the...
Aug 4, 2019 | Faith, On Parenting
If I’m standing and I close my eyes, I wobble. It’s a balance thing. It’s about proprioceptors, something medically-multi-syllabic, I dunno. During church, when we’re standing and the pastor says “bow your heads to pray,” I bow my head, shut my eyes, and reach...
Jan 22, 2019 | Faith, On Parenting
My son had to have emergency surgery recently. He’s fine now, but this isn’t really about that. When I got the call that he needed surgery and had to be transported to the only surgeon on call at 2 am, I made arrangements for my other children and jumped...
Jul 16, 2018 | On Parenting, On Teaching
I keep thinking about these boys in the cave in Thailand. As news of their rescue filters through each day, I ponder the time they spent in darkness, hopeless and afraid. These boys are the age of my sons. They love to play ball, ride their bikes and have adventures....
Jul 6, 2017 | On Parenting
As we are aware that the habits we instill in our children will carry through to their adult years, I recently worked my way through the “Practical Personality” material by Mystie Winckler and did my best to “type” each of the kids, and both parents. Hubby and I...
May 10, 2017 | On Parenting
On long or short car rides as a family, Husband and I often roll our eyes and joke that we are chaperones on the longest middle school field trip ever. Because with kids ages 13 down to 5, the humor level never rises above 5th grade. And we’ll be here for the...
