Oct 22, 2018 | Busy Families; Active Kids, Challenges
There is nothing like the hurt we feel when our children get hurt. Is it any wonder we want to make the hurt go away as quickly as possible? Maybe that’s the reason for our “kiss it and make it better” instinct. This response is the time-honored cure for skinned knees...
Apr 11, 2015 | Busy Families; Active Kids
Two places I take the prize in parenting: Spending lots of money on my kids; Making lots of cracks about how much money I spend on my kids. Stop me if you heard these before: “It took Katherine a week to learn the moves for high school dance team. It only took me...
Mar 20, 2015 | Busy Families; Active Kids, Challenges
I am frequently amazed at the way life with competitive kids keeps me fighting. My toughest opponent? My pride. Managing extracurricular life all on my own is my idea of a booster mom win. That is the game plan. But rarely does it turn out that way. Regardless of how...
Mar 4, 2015 | Busy Families; Active Kids
When I was a child, I spoke, thought, and reasoned in childlike ways as we all do. But when I became a man, I left my childish ways behind. I Corinthians 13:11 (The Voice) Nothing is more entertaining than watching an angry monkey go wild. Unless it’s you he’s after....
Feb 10, 2015 | Busy Families; Active Kids
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 I once asked my...
Dec 18, 2014 | Busy Families; Active Kids
Finding Community in a Competitive World It makes no difference whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a freeman, a man or a woman, because in Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King, you are all one. Galatians 3:28 (The Voice) One of the things I love most...
