My chest tightens, my temples throb, my palms get sweaty. I breath faster and the desire to run away, RUN AWAY, is breathing down my neck. Am I in a dangerous situation? No. I sit on my comfy living room sofa, feeling like something heavy sits on my chest and wanting to lace up my…
Category Archives: childhood
What message are you sending?
The message. One of the critical aspects of tackling the talk with your kids is defining your message. Our boys internalize our values by observing us and listening to us. The message that we communicate to our sons about sexuality needs to be thought out and prayed over, not an afterthought or happenstance. How do…
To Save a Teen’s Life
This weekend our family went to our church’s annual fall family retreat. You can read about one of my take away experiences here. The first night youth and their parents were invited to watch a movie in the chapel. The movie was called To Save a Life. To watch the trailer of the movie, click…
Protecting America’s Kids
While at the annual BlogHer conference in NYC, I had the distinct privilege of having dinner with the folks from Tavern Direct and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. More on Tavern Direct in a second but first I want to share with you some more downright scary and eye opening statistics about…
The B-I-B-L-E
I remember my first Bible. It was a purple Precious Moments Bible with my name on it that someone {maybe a relative?} gave me when I was around eight. I treasured that Bible but can’t say that I read it much or understood what I did read. Thankfully, my kids have grown up in an…
MRSA and our teens
**Welcome to Teen/Tween Thursday! If you have a post about parenting teens/tweens please link it up below** Several months ago I participated in a webinar with Grant Hill and Clorox about the dangers of MRSA, particularly in schools and locker rooms. I enjoyed the call, received a lot of information and my son got a…
Avoid the Summer Reading Slump
Guest contributor and MobiStories.com producer Wendy Toone, offers great tips on how your kids can avoid brain drain when they’re out of school. Take a look… It’s Summertime! Catching fireflies, eating dinner on the deck, swimming, no school!!! What have your kids been doing? Waking up late, lazing around in front of the TV? It’s…
Training up a Child(ren) when you don’t agree
I love my husband. He loves me. That being said, we often have differing opinions about raising up our boys. Not that one way is better than the other, just that we come at this parenting thing with different experiences, different ideals and different wounds. Yes, I said wounds. I have found in my almost…
Raising future men
My boys went on a little adventure last weekend. They rode their bikes 1.5 miles from home (each way) to a convenience store to buy some candy- without permission! My husband and I only found out because they ran into a couple from our church at the store (thank God!). My first reaction was UGLY! …
Memories
Have you ever wrestled with memories? Memories can evoke the warm fuzzies, can make us smile or laugh out loud. Memories can remind us how blessed we are and can get us through a difficult time. Memories can also be painful, reminding us of a time of despair or sorrow. Memories can make us weep,…
