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Twenty-five years with a little scratching and clawing mixed in didn’t keep me from being giddy as I thought about how we would commemorate this milestone. For starters, I would wake up, make my husband coffee, and pour it into the “Silver Anniversary” mug I had stashed. I would say to him,”We did it!,” and […]
I’ve always gotten excited about a great thrift store…the one-of-a-kind finds and crazy deals that are hiding there, potentially finding the best Christmas gag gift ever for my brother (like a vintage talking Pee Wee Herman doll). The treasure hunt itself is just FUN! I started working at my church’s ministry resale store as a […]
A neighbor once loaned me a book about teaching children to have courage. I took it but didn’t think it was important enough to read at the time, and it ended up dusty on my bookshelf. I remember thinking, “I’m sure my kids will have plenty of courage” (a little prideful, I guess?). Fast forward twenty years, I […]
I didn’t have enough fun. That’s what I can conclude as I look back on my twenty-two year parenting journey. I was on edge trying to get through days without mishaps, usually focusing on what might go wrong. I was waiting to catch someone spitting vegetables in a napkin, giving Barbie a haircut, or pumping hand soap […]
I will never forget a certain mom who came into my office sixteen years ago when I was a high school counselor. She came in to tell me her son was angry and frustrated at the changes going on at home. I tuned in. She shared that she and the boy’s father had recently become Christians, reconciled their […]
