Several years ago, I missed the parent/player bus to a hockey tournament several hours north of our home. So I caught a ride with Shelley, one of the other hockey moms, who’d decided to drive up on her own. An hour into the drive, the conversation took a...
A few years ago, our neighborhood got together for dinner. I thought I’d surprise my neighbor with a simple gift. I love giving gifts and was excited to see what she thought. As she unwrapped the gift, I kept watching her face. She didn’t smile and...
Have you ever wished you were just a little bit more like Jesus? More patient with your kids, less likely to get irritable when your husband comes back from the grocery store with eight things instead of the two you asked him to pick up? Have you every wanted your...
What would your son or daughter do? What would your son or daughter do if someone accused them of something they didn’t do? A. Get defensive – “I did not!” “That’s not true!”B. Throw back a few angry words – “I’m not lazy. You’re the one who never...
As much as you try to protect kids from bad news and tough circumstances, it’s amazing what they pick up. Even infants can sense when transition is happening or when a parent is tense and on edge. And both transition and tension are what we all have a lot of these...
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