“If we measure our success by how eloquently we speak the language, we’re missing the point. What matters is that we’re here.” My grandfather spoke those words to my grandmother when they were newly married. They’d just moved to Bolivia to become missionaries and my grandmother was flustered. She worked tirelessly to learn both…
My feet bounced under my chair, my mind raced, and my jaw hurt from chewing my lip. I was nervous and anxious waiting for test results…but not my own. The results were from a test my son, Dylan, took that would reveal whether or not he had learning disabilities. After years of struggling in…
Note: each month we’re giving parents of seniors a spiritually encouraging “checklist” to capture the best moments from senior year. Sign up to automatically get a full year’s worth of memory-making ideas, plus these articles as monthly emails HERE. October: Savor these days (because busy is right around the corner) With the school year…
Last week, we celebrated my son’s 11th birthday.When my children were toddlers and preschoolers, I discovered the very real truth that it’s easier to celebrate one child’s birthday when all the children have something to do. And that was the catalyst for the Birthday Brother Tradition, whereupon the one with the unbirthday gets to…
Splink 1: Pretzel Prayers Share a simple object lesson about prayer using a pretzel. Make pretzels together or use purchased ones. (For this object lesson, make or choose the knots/twisted ones.) Although no one is exactly sure when and where pretzels were first made, there is a story that long ago there was…
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There are plenty of things my husband and I would change about how we’ve parented over the last 20 years, but if we could go back in time, there are a few things we would do all over again. I’ve already shared how we are glad we chose to imagine the end and say words…
This is one of those things that has to be passed on to others. It’s just too important to ignore. It comes from the Changing the Game Project, an organization created to essentially redeem youth sports, putting the “play” back into games and letting the games be about the kids. . . not the parents,…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on HealthDay. U.S. teens seem to be losing interest in smoking cigarettes and cigars, a new federal report finds. The same can’t be said of e-cigarettes. Fewer students reported trying cigarettes or cigars between 2012 and 2014, the new research showed. The report was a joint…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on HealthDay. For teenagers with lingering symptoms after a concussion, treatment that focuses on the “whole person” may speed their recovery, a new, small study suggests. The researchers tested the effects of so-called “collaborative care” for teens with persistent problems following a concussion. That meant…