Little bits and pieces of happiness…
“I have to tell you the best thing,” my daughter said the other night, smiling. She’d just gotten home from youth group and finished brushing her teeth and putting her pajamas…
Closer…
One of the butterflies we released, taking a rest on our pear tree before flying away. “I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.” ~Author…
Five things our kids shouldn’t hear us say…
Thanks for joining me the past few weeks for my series Three Things Our Kids Need to Hear Us Say. In the same way that positive words impact our kids, negative words do…
Taking flight…
Remember the butterflies I told you about? The weather was warm enough earlier this week to let them go. My daughter held one of them up, expecting it to fly away quickly. But it didn’t….
Winter is…
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire. It is the time for…
Three things our kids need to hear us say – Week 3
Words are powerful. Especially the words of a mom. Today is the last day of my three week series on breathing love and encouragement into our kids through our words. I hope some of…
Becoming a butterfly…
We ordered them from a catalog: Five very small and not-so-beautiful caterpillars. As the days passed, they grew. Crowded in their plastic house, they clamored over each other, inching along, but not really…
A bend in the road…
Just one of the beautiful views in Truckee, CA. “A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.” ~Author…