Helping Families Find Freedom
Without question, the number one piece of parenting advice I received early on was that my kids were created with unique temperaments. At that time, I had a laid back one year old and a strong willed two year old. Once I realized that the God of the universe actually designed their personalities, I was read more…
Christopher turned one on the birthday he received Woo Woo. Obviously he named him by the noise that a stuffed dog would make if a stuffed dog could talk. Woo Woo definitely could talk–to Christopher. As Christopher learned more words, so did Woo Woo. Christopher would whisper secrets into the dog’s floppy, black ears and read more…
This month’s Parenting Magazine featured an article about raising a man(Parenting June 2013). I was obviously intrigued since I am raising four future men, so I quickly flipped to the article. What I found was the most serious case of Politically Correct propaganda that I have read in a long time. There is so much read more…
My youngest son Matthew burst into the house after a long day in first grade and announced, “Hey, I know you’re the Tooth Fairy!” Assuming that “That Kid” had spilled the beans to all the naïve first graders, I asked, “Who told you that?” He proceeded to explain to me that he figured out that read more…
Nine years ago this month, I put a crib up in my house. A crib that would hold the little baby boy that we first met on the ultrasound screen. I met that little boy in person a few months later and immediately fell in love. I have vivid memories of his staring at me read more…
I recently heard the story about a family in Chicago whose son wrestled in high school. He was ranked number one in the state and fifth in the world. The family was, however, living in an apartment after their house was foreclosed on. They had used a significant portion of their family’s financial resources to read more…
For anyone concerned about my boys’ lack of all the necessary school supplies, I felt the need to update. (Another Option for School Supplies) I did have to go out and buy one or two more things for a few of the kids, but this was low stress errand running. You know like grabbing a read more…
Four boys is definitely NOT the same as having four girls. Also, it is not the same to have four elementary school kids rather than two high schoolers, one middle schooler, and one 4th grader. I learned all this the hard way. On the night before school started, my ALMOST freshman son announced while I read more…
Summer really only lasts until August 1st in Indiana. Then the shift from the pool to school is forced upon us by the rows of school supply bins at Target, the avalanche of notes from the schools, and the “back to school” clothing sales at every corner. Well, this year I made every attempt to read more…
Yesterday, I bared my soul to a group of women about the fact that I didn’t think it was too terribly awful that I let my sons chase herds of Canadian Geese when the opportunity presented itself. I shared that I didn’t see the harm in it, and that I actually enjoyed watching those hissing read more…
