by Nancy | Jan 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
What is the goal of good parenting? Every child begins life totally dependent on us for loving attention to his or her needs. Without a responsible, loving parent, a child would die from lack of food, shelter, clothing and loving touches. That phase passes into...
by Nancy | Jan 9, 2024 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Encouragement, Habit Change, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
Conscious parenting is parenting with the end result you have in mind for your child. I believe every parent wants a well-adjusted, responsible, compassionate child who, as an adult, has reasonable good sense and empathy. Start With That Goal in Mind From the...
by Nancy | Jan 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Some time ago I heard a speaker suggest that God intends JOY to be our internal guidance system. Like the GPS in our cars or phones. If what we are doing gives us JOY, we’re on the right path. If we are stuck in feelings of drudgery or simply going through the...
by Nancy | Dec 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Why Should Courting End with Marriage? One couple recently stated a common complaint, “We’ve grown apart. We don’t have anything in common anymore. We’re here to see if there’s anything in our relationship worth saving.” Yet, by the...
by Nancy | Dec 19, 2023 | Commitment, Uncategorized
Approaching the first Christmas after Jim died in 2005, I wrote an essay imagining what it must have been like for the wise men. They packed up to follow an unknown star to an undisclosed destination hoping to find…the Son of God? Really? I wonder what their...
