My oldest son dutifully plucks out the notes to Amazing Grace as he practices his guitar lessons. While I'm astounded by his natural propensity for music, he sometimes makes mistakes. When he does, his first inclination is to scrunch up his face Continue Reading
Kicking and Screaming
“I’m not going.” We had just pulled up at the boat ramp where we were meeting our guide for the afternoon fishing trip I’d planned as a surprise for my boys. They were both upset a few weeks before when we’d had to cancel because of bad weather. We Continue Reading
He Came Anyway
“I don’t deserve Christmas!” That’s what my 7 year old shouted stomping off to his room with arms taut and fists clenched as the guilt about some poor choice washed over him. I’m sure he had no idea he had just given me the perfect topic for a Continue Reading
Grace Chases Us
I like to joke about the differences between the way my husband I parent. He is the gospel and I am the law. With him off on an unaccompanied, all expense paid, extended trip for most of the next year, there is little gospel to balance out my law. Continue Reading
Encouragement for When You Mess Up
“Can we give him back now, Mom?” This is what my youngest son asks every time our adopted dog Sheldon messes up. He has torn up the window blinds, eaten too many artificial flowers to count, chewed through my glue gun cord, deposited excrement on Continue Reading
God’s Direction is for our Protection
I’m gonna get you… My sons had turned our dining table and kitchen island into something similar to a figure-eight race track traversed by two pint-sized, foot-powered drivers filled with road rage. One had done something to the other and an Continue Reading
