Parenting with Purpose and Perspective!
TweetWhat I know for sure…children usually speak truth best: By now, you’ve seen this picture….you’ve read the words of dear Martin. Really, nothing more needs to be said, but his words do bear repeating, to honor his memory, to speak truth to power, to speak sense to a violent world. “No More Hurting People! For me, [...]
TweetHappy Epiphany, or “We Three Kings” Day! It’s a good day to reflect on some parenting “epiphanies”, don’t you think? What I know for sure…our children offer us insights and guide us to parenting and life “epiphanies” when we pay attention. What big AHA moments have you had lately regarding your children, your family, your [...]
TweetWhat I know for sure…some people touch your lives, and make you a better person forever. I got word this morning that my dear old friend, Lorn (nearly 95), passed away last night. On his way walking down the hall for dinner at the lovely Edgemere Retirement Community he simply sat down and died. He [...]
TweetLast week marked the one-year anniversary of the death of my grandmother, Mimi. She died unexpectedly last year while I was at Mo-Ranch with my parents and kids, down in the Texas hill country on retreat with our church family. I say “unexpectedly” though she and all the rest of us had actually been expecting [...]
Tweet This past weekend I was at Mo-Ranch in the Texas Hill Country for a long weekend retreat with my family (minus Doctor Daddy) and our church family. Today was a hard day with the kids, as we are all feeling the Mo exhaustion – from lots of heat, lots of walking, lots of swimming, [...]
TweetThis is one of the “Mommy Manders” quotes that I have posted up in my house – next to the kitchen sink. Every now and then it causes me to step away from work or tasks, and BE with my kids in a meaningful way. Here is a perfect example of how this quote can [...]
TweetAn unexpected summer shower in the evening. I just happen to look up from my computer screen, that powerful vortex that sucks away my time and sensory experiences. I look out the window, and there it is! I breathe deeply, thinking, “I could have missed it altogether!” I decide to close the computer, fix myself [...]
Tweet I like to start my day by doing some daily stretches and deep breathing before the kids wake up (if I’m lucky). Not only does it help my tired old bones and muscles to wake up, but it mentally and spiritually centers me for the important task of embodying LOVE and PEACE for the [...]
Tweet{This is a re-post from last year. This year I am with the kids and my parents at my aunt’s lake house in New Braunfels with family – swimming, talking, playing, relaxing, eating, having lots of fun while poor Dustin is working. He began his 4-year Gyn-Onc fellowship on Monday, and worked 30 hours in [...]
TweetThey say that “home is where the heart is.” I get that – as long as you’re with the people you love, then it doesn’t matter where you live, where you travel, where you move, where you lay down roots or are up-rooted to…you are home. That the feeling of “home” is transportable, going wherever [...]
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