Resolving Stepfamily Conflict
Recently during a life coaching session I encountered a stepmom who had a track record of acting negatively toward her adult stepson and his wife….
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Wedding Season Is Here… And So Is My Worry
Wedding season is here! I just read in a community magazine that, ages and ages ago, June became the traditional month for weddings because people…
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Jesus Take the Phone … Take It From My Hand …
The other day my middle son asked if I would sit down and play the piano with him. I was busy writing something on my…
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Finding Rest in My Imperfections
Once upon a time … Isn’t that how most fairy tales start? And fairy tales are fantasy, yes? Yet … sometimes it is easy to…
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A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small
The little feet pin glinted on the woman’s lapel. The feet and toes were tiny. It was as if a fairy had landed upon her…
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Winning
A hot, humid evening. Bugs in the grass and bugs in the air. A small, rural southern town. A humble baseball field off an unnamed…
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How Childhood Forms Your Ideas of Family
Recently I was asked, “How did your childhood help you to form your ideas of marriage and what you needed to look for in a…
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Making Messes Meaningful
Does anyone else have floors that could be considered fertile ground for science fair projects? I feel like I’m constantly cleaning but to no avail….
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Mother-in-Law Sagas
I love to tease my mother-in-law Darlyne because the first time my husband John saw me we were at church. I was the 16-year-old cutie…
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8 Practical Ways to Parent with Grace
“You look festive!” My friend looked over my golf-ball-sized silver hoops, turquoise tank, knit plum skirt. It was one of my more art teacher-ish outfits….
