Parenting with Purpose and Perspective!
Tweet On May 3. 1999, I was hunkered down in the basement of the Delta Gamma sorority house as the tornado sirens blared, and the radio told us of the destruction unfolding in neighboring Moore, just a few miles up the highway from Norman. A few of the girls lost friends, loved ones, homes, and [...]
TweetMy mission in all my work – writing, teaching, parenting, speaking at seminars – is to help children and families to build and strengthen brain and family connections. The good news is that this is SIMPLE when you are intentional enough to SLOW down and make a meaningful moment. Our main job as caregivers and nurturers [...]
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 [...]
TweetThis morning, I was busy sending my kiddos out the door with the babysitter for an adventure at the Fair Park Aquarium to increase my own happiness by getting to check some things off my to-do list today before going back to work next week. As I packed their lunch and sipped cold coffee in [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
TweetYou may have heard me say that in our family, we have a ritual of sharing “good things” at bedtime…simply a way to connect, reflect, and focus on the positive. Here are some of my “good things” from last week: Last Thursday evening the overheated, dry Dallas skies suddenly turned cloudy, breezy, with the smell [...]
TweetSo, feeling a bit overwhelmed this week after coming home from our road trip Monday evening to a messy house (same one we left in a whirlwind rush on Thursday), to a busier than usual teaching schedule, a broken dishwasher, a traveling husband (to Buffalo, NY – no offense to any up-staters, but I’m hoping [...]
TweetQuote of the week…This little mantra comes from my guru’s book Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Becky Bailey. I have it posted up around my house, and in my car, and I think it rings true not just in parenting, but for life in general. When you focus on the negative, you just [...]
Tweet{Note to my readers: Before you ever start to think that I’m sounding a bit too didactic, please know that ALL of my posts are as much a lesson to me as they are for you (if not more so). Since I have become a teacher of parents, I have learned that it is so [...]
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