Helping Families Find Freedom
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…
Clean socks, a toothbrush, and duct tape. That is what one fifteen-year-old boy brought to a sleepover at our house last weekend. Imagine what I saw when I walked down my basement stairs to check on “how things were going” with seven adolescent boys and this role of duct tape. Actually, before seeing anything, I read more…
This past August I put my first-born son on the school bus at 6:37 in the morning on his way to high school. I swear it was just a few years ago that I stood on the same corner and put him on the school bus for kindergarten. A similar transition except that time he read more…
