Practical skills for the years you only get once — from a parent educator who has taught them, and lived them.
As a child, after church on Sunday mornings it was routine that the adults would visit out front as they said their good byes and well wishes for the next week. The kids played together as we waited to be called to go home. It was spring time and my
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Make a plan…I had a conversation with a dear friend the other day about siblings bickering and fighting in the back seat of the car whenever they traveled anywhere. It is “funny” how siblings test their abilities and self-worth with those they feel closest to. Sibling fighting is
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Is a comment you will NEVER hear me say! Laughter is music to my ears, especially when I hear my children laughing. For me, their laughter brings a feeling of great satisfaction, and great affection. This has been a very uplifting and emotional weekend as my third child walks across
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As each of my children were born, I felt like I generated a new set of “antennae”. I could feel and hear things I had never felt or heard before. Of course, I heard their whimper or cry – alerting me to feed them, change a diaper, or to provide comfort.
Read moreThe skills change as they grow, but the work is the same: pay attention, stay steady, and keep the relationship intact.
First words for big feelings, and a day with a shape to it.
The window right after school, and work that belongs to them.
Disagreeing in a way that builds. Listening more than fixing.
Staying a partner after they leave, because the work isn't over.
“Lost time is never found again.” — Benjamin Franklin. Every post here belongs somewhere on this line.