Tell me I am not alone. If they fail at a test, or skin their knee or basically … if anything goes wrong. I blame myself. I had a mentor once tell me, “If you take credit for all their good – you will have to take credit for their bad.” Let that sink in …
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How One Dad Saved Dr. Seuss Day
I love this dad SO much! Casey and I became friends during our days at Buckhead Church – then our families became friends. His heart is the size of Texas – which you will see in this blog post. He is a songwriter (you will know many of his songs). He is a worship leader. …
How to Host a Royal Wedding Party with a Purpose
You know I’m a big fan of making up adventures and experiences for my kids. I have found they always learn WAY faster when it feels like fun. For example, I don’t really lecture or give them a talk about generosity anymore – because they have been doing Light ‘Em Up acts on and off …
Giving Your Kids The “Finish Well” Pep Talk for School
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. …
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How To Instill Perseverance In Your Kids, When You’re A Serial Quitter
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 …
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Do you love me even when I’m bad?
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 …
Five Ways to Reclaim Purpose in Motherhood
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 …
5 Faith-Filled Spring Break Ideas
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 …