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That day that you definitely need to get your cries out in advance of arrived today. Since I forgot to process my happy-grief beforehand, the gravity is heavier than I wanted. Twelve transient years of progress complete, with the last one being a weave of underwhelm and disappointment; but I will look back and remember […]
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 […]
Have you ever considered how many different habits make up your day? Our days are composed of many different types of habits: habits we’ve started intentionally with a specific outcome in mind, habits we’ve started unintentionally that may or may not lead us to a good outcome (auto-pilot habits), habits we’ve developed during youth and […]
