Life. Like a crazy merry-go-around at the park. It looks like so much fun! You hop on; for just a little spin. You are still a kid at heart right? Then is starts going ’round, faster, faster, faster – until you fly off. You dust yourself off saying, “I won’t do THAT again!”. Months, maybe…
My kids love to show me crazy You Tube videos. One of their favorites this past Christmas was of a guy singing “Oh Holy Night”. It made me sad to hear them laughing so hard at this beautiful song that was being destroyed, but at the same time I couldn’t help but think “Surely this…
“So,do any of you guys miss school?” No response. I look in my rear view mirror to see three teens, each looking in a different direction, oblivious to the fact that I had just tried to start a conversation with them. Maybe it had to do with the cords hanging out of their ears or…
The girls got back safe & sound! It is good to have them home…even if for a short time. Mariah leaves tonight already for church camp, but before she does we are heading out to celebrate Zach’s 17th birthday which is tomorrow. Man, I heard that time flies, but to have your baby turning 17!!!!…
I read a quote from her book that has changed the way I have been relating to my kids. “If I could tell my mother and father something and they promised not to interrupt or pass judgment or yell, I would tell them all the times I’ve lied to them, the times I said I…
“I didn’t ask you because I knew you would say no.” Surely, my kids are the only ones who ever say this to their parents. I guess it is an indication that in the past I must have said “no” a lot! They often tell me of things they wanted after its too late: “I…