.We are looking at the difference between discipline and punishment. You can read the first post in a series I wrote on my old blog here. Last week I mentioned that discipline takes a different view than punishment. I am drawing from wisdom which Dr. Bruce Narramore lays out in his book, Help! I'm ... Read More about Discipline Looks Toward the Future
Life is too short not to make time for a visit
Where I grew up, the corn grew high and the people popped in without notice, schedule or appointment. These visits were the warmth of my childhood -- life in session and people coming and going in and out of one another's lives and homes -- connection that said community. We belonged to one ... Read More about Life is too short not to make time for a visit
The most surprising things I learned parenting my almost teenager
Recently on Facebook a friend commented that no one blogs about raising a teenager. Well, here goes. I'm not really a parent of a teen - yet. I have a twelve year old {darling, beloved} son who is testing the waters of pre-adolescence. He is inadvertently taking me and my husband through a bit of ... Read More about The most surprising things I learned parenting my almost teenager
The Secret to Developing a Lifetime of Love
I sit there in my booth, book in hand, cup of tea steaming full of comfort on my table. My friend is delayed, so I savor the moments until she arrives. A little patch of alone time after a long day of marathon motherhood gives me the sigh my soul needs. I look up from my book whenever the ... Read More about The Secret to Developing a Lifetime of Love
Fly
My little son loves all things fantasy. He loves dragons and mermaids and elves and fairies. Especially fairies. Now, this all-boy child of mine is enamored with flying. He prays for God to give him wings and he says, "Mom, why doesn't God answer my prayer?" Oh how I wish I could answer those ... Read More about Fly
Laundry (a Poem)
Laundry. It piles up around us sometimes. Boys drop it on the floor instead of the bag ... "Put it in the bag, please, hun .." said over ten times in a morning ... till I'm weary of my own voice and weary of the piles of unfinished mothering and attempts to pour in all that is needed for a life in ... Read More about Laundry (a Poem)
