Who’s Joy Are You Looking For?
This Christmas, we pulled out some of the Christmas classics, and watched “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” Remember this movie? Sparky’s Christmas is one high expectation after another. As he builds up how every moment will be perfect and magical, time and time again it blows up in his face (sometimes literally). Was your Christmas cloaked […]
Continue readingNatural Consequences, Discipline…or Punishment
What does discipline look like in your home? You know that mistake of “please, grant me more patience?” If you’ve seen Evan Almighty you may remember this scene: What “opportunities” for patience do you have going on in your own home? I have to say, a huge “opportunity” is dealing with toddlers…and especially “threenagers”! Yes, […]
Continue readingPride Goeth Before A Fall – Can Your Marriage Hold Up?
I’m just going to lay this out there now: How often has your pride stood in the way of moving forward in a relationship? Do you find yourself trying to “keep up with the Joneses” or do you get so worked up about things that it seems too big to back off of, even if […]
Continue reading10 Essential Lessons for Life: Be Resilient
She walked about twenty paces behind me all through the store, pure angst and devastation on her face. But she’s resilient; she can make it through this. The biggie is…can I? [su_box title=”Lessons In Parenting” style=”soft” box_color=”#1AC141″ title_color=”#7C16A1″] Once again, I give you a series of insights that will hopefully motivate and inspire you with […]
Continue readingThe Burden of Overwhelm: Moving Forward While Always Feeling Behind
Overwhelm. I swear this is the word of our time. We have access to anything and everything, information overload, and to-do lists out the wazoo. As I scrolled through my FaceBook feed the other day, my friend had posted this:Pin for later: This morning I realized that I can no longer recall a time in […]
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