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…
Tag Archive: parenting tweens
Time is fleeting…
I am feeling rushed. Urgency knocks on the door of my heart. Have you done enough? Have you taught them enough? Have you equipped them for this journey? A faint knock on the door of my heart beckons me away from urgency and toward comfort. I answer that familiar knock. Then I remember that all…
Joining the M.O.B
I am married (to a guy). I have three brothers. My husband has two brothers. My brothers each have a son. I have three boys. I am swimming in a world of testosterone. And, to be honest, I think God sits up in heaven and chuckles at me. You see, I am a girly girl. …
Tweens and Discipline
When my boys were little, especially in the days when no one could yet tie their own shoes, wipe their own bottoms, etc. I would cringe when one of them (they were about 6, 3 and 2) would say ” I can do it by myself, mama”. Wanting to do something on their own meant…
Helicopter Parenting or Parenting Parenting?
My kids often accuse suggest to me that I am overly strict and involved in their lives. While I would probably have to plead “no contest” to such a charge in court, I think, I hope and I pray that I am doing this whole mama thing right. But am I? For example: an eleven…
