Encouragement Blog
Learning About Love on Life’s Stage
What does a musical theater production have to do with love? Well, I was about seven years old, and it was the setting for one of my earliest memories of my parents as a couple. In other words, it had dawned on me for the first time (at least consciously) that they...
Parenting in Community
I was a scant six months into the journey of parenthood with my first child. All the blogs, books, and fellow playgroup mommies were telling us it was time to sleep train, so we did. We bought Sleeping Through the Night, a respectable and useful text on achieving the...
3 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude in Our Children
I love the holidays! I spend the entire month of December planning fun experiences, making the house look festive, setting up fun activities… And every year I find myself fretting over how to make sure I’m cultivating a spirit of gratitude and giving in my family....
Scaring Away the Leftover Halloween “Haunts”
I don’t know if it’s the same in your community, but this year, the floodgates seemed to have reopened on kid-friendly October activities around here. Every Fall Festival, Halloween hoe-down, and birthday party imaginable seems to have happened this past month. ...
Raising Citizens with the 4Cs
The 4C approach isn't about looking "perfect" or "getting it right" so you fit a certain mold. And, these ideas aren’t based on trends or fads. It is a deeply rooted theory based on four key principles, The Four Crucial Cs*. They are building blocks, like Legos, and...
An Antidote to Stress
Dear reader, When you reach the end of this message, the goal is that you will feel encouraged and hopeful. You might have a new strategy for supporting another person in your life or you’ll be reassured that what you are doing is just right, just enough. You might...
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