Today, I have with me my new friend at met at She Speaks 2012, Maria Furlough. Be sure to check out our give away at the bottom! By: Maria Furlough Author of Your Daughter Needs a Hero: Helping Her Through Insecurity and Poor Body Image Yup! This is me at 13 years old. Who…
Sitting on the side of the pool, my youngest speaks in a tone not much louder than a whisper, “I’d really like to tell you something, but I don’t want you to make fun of me…or worry either.” I inch my way closer to my girl, showing interest, yet not wanting her feel as though…
“How could God let all those people go to hell?” she said. I could tell she was confused, and a little angry too. “I mean, when they get to heaven, if they didn’t follow Jesus on earth, God’s just going to throw them in hell? I don’t think he will. God’s just not like that. I think he’ll give them another chance.”!
I can definitely understand her concern; we should all be concerned for those we know who are not following Jesus. That’s why we need to share and live it out in front of them. More…
Disappointment. What a struggle for me. Seeped in expectation. Todd Guckenberger recently told me, “Expectation is premeditated resentment.” That smarted. Our children are going to experience disappointment. This generation expects to be happy. We have programmed them to believe that they can be anything, do anything and all of their dreams should come true. But…
It’s going to hit sometime. That moment in the life of your child when they need advice. You’ve invested years in your relationship together so you hope she’ll come to you. Let me ask you: when you were at a crossroads in your life, did you go to your mom? A few of you will say “yes”, but the majority of you will say “no”.
“What you see, more’s to be”. Those are the wise words my husband often passes on to my kids.
We’ve entered the possible “dating zone”, but even before that, Greg looked for examples to share this truth:whatever you see in the guy or girl you are interested in, you can count on seeing more of it in the future.