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  • When I Became a Mom

    In a recent blog post, I wrote, "If you see a steady flow of current updates alongside old photos and flashbacks from the kids' childhood, you’ll know that I am processing." So it begins. This [...]

  • Top FREE College Planning Resources

    I've been very vocal about my college search obsession for Z. Some people hire a professional university admissions consultant to guide them through the ins and outs of the process. Me? I’ve unofficially made it [...]

  • Freedom From Parenting Guilt

    Like most parents I fear that I fall short with my children. I worry that I don’t have what it takes as a mom and that I could possibly ruin my one shot at this child rearing [...]

See Him. Name Him. Draw Him Out.

By |October 27, 2014|Categories: Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

Yesterday I talked about having a vision for our children. For me a big part of this process was revealed to me through the book Wild Things. They gave three key actions that lead you to a child's heart.  The first one was to see them. To see a child is to know how they are uniquely made. To get know their heart [...]

Vision For Our Children

By |October 26, 2014|Categories: Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

When we lived in Texas we were part of ministry that reached out to “edgier” teens and young people through a coffee shop and music venue. One night some girls showed up in in clothing that rivaled a street walker's uniform.  What little they were wearing was super tight and/or see through. It didn’t really bother me that they were dressed that way. [...]

Rites of Passage

By |October 25, 2014|Categories: Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

For the record my children are ages 7, 4, and 2. I know this series hasn’t gone too deep into parenting the tween years and up because I have zero experience with that age group, but for today's topic I'm looking ahead a little into the unknown as I discuss Rites of Passage. These milestones can certainly happen at all walks of life, [...]

Chores and Money

By |October 24, 2014|Categories: Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

Along with computer science and foreign language, finance is one of the unconventional elementary education subjects that I feel is overlooked and/or introduced far too late. I was raised by parents that would confess to making just about every financial mistake you can think of until they discovered Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University 12 years ago and completely changed their lives around. They were [...]

The Helicopter Has Landed

By |October 23, 2014|Categories: Motherhood, Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

A couple years ago I sat in a waiting room watching a woman fold a million tiny origami stars. Maybe a million is exaggerating, but she was working on it for a long time. I asked her what it was for. She said it was her son’s homework assignment and it was due tomorrow. I don’t remember all the excuses, but her main [...]

Being Fun and Unpredictable

By |October 22, 2014|Categories: Motherhood, Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

I’ve given a lot of information over the past 21 days of this series. It’s been a little overwhelming for me and hopefully not too much for you. I feel like a lot of it is freeing and I am very passionate about the idea of Teachable Parenting, but I never want to come across as preachy. You can get so wrapped up in [...]

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