Creator & Ideator. Motivator for Families. Cheerleader for Loving & Serving
Ironically, I am writing this post after a banner morning. The alarm clock went off and I hit snooze. I hit snooze again. And Ron was LONG gone. His Mondays start insanely early. It was really quiet. Both of mine were sleeping HARD and I had this selfish thought, “I’m going to let them sleep. …
Giving Your Kids The “Finish Well” Pep Talk for SchoolRead More
Perseverance … ah… this one is a tricky one. I’ve told my kids it means “working hard and never giving up.” This virtue and my lack of authority in this area became abundantly clear this week. Larson wanted to quit soccer and she shed some real tears. My response was inspiring. “Ok – you don’t …
How To Instill Perseverance In Your Kids, When You’re A Serial QuitterRead More
Every kid is basically wondering this… do you love me? Even when I mess up? When I’m bad? When I don’t perform well enough? When I let you down? Are we still ok? I think we assume our kids know that – but they don’t. Sometimes our body language or mood (GUILTY) sends them the …
Last week, I went to Atlanta and watched my nieces and nephew. They are 4, 2 and 10 months. You guys. I forgot. Well actually, I’ve never had 3 kids under 4 – so that was a new experience. I am still wiped out. And PS – I had my mom, my girls and a …
Hi everyone! We are on Spring Break right now. Are you? Texas is early in the Spring Break line up. No matter where you are during Spring Break – home or away – it can be fun to try to find new and unique ways to engage your kids in their journey of faith. Here …
During my first trip to She Speaks Conference by Proverbs 31, I sat down next to this random girl Megan. And little did I know she would become a dear friend and supporter. Even though we live far apart and months go by – we just pick right back up. I am grateful for her …
Yesterday, I gave you on my honest advice on where to start (Part 1) – if you have a dream stirring in your heart. It can be really hard to discern what to do next, especially when you have little ones. As promised, I wanted to give you some super practical links. One of my …
“I have a dream stirring to create or write and I don’t know where to start…” I get these emails almost every week and I wish I could get on the phone with every single one of you. Because these dreams matter to me. And more than that – when God stirs something in you …
