Trending Today on Twitter – 12/1/17 1. #WorldAIDSDay 2. Michael Flynn 3. #FridayFeeling 4. #December1st 5. #WorldCupDraw 6. Rosa Parks 7. #SorteoMundial 8. National Security Advisor 9. Lock Her Up 10. Bob Mueller Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 12/1/17 1. World Cup Draw 2. December 3. Michael Flynn 4. Jimmy Kimmel…
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/362539976″ params=”color=#20608b&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen: iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloud | TuneIn Toni Nieuwhof, a divorce attorney and wife to Pastor Carey Nieuwhof, talks about how parents can navigate divorce while preserving a healthy co-parenting relationship with their former spouse and keeping their kids’ emotional well-being intact in today’s…
Expectations rarely run higher than they do at Christmas. From what to give to what to serve to the pressure to host well, expectations hover just beyond reach of achievability for most of us. A few years ago I was listening to a speaker who was talking about something I can’t remember anymore, but…
In part one of this blog series, my sister painted a pretty honest picture of what our Christmases looked like growing up. (Click here to read part one.) Depending on if you count the Christmas our dad moved out, I had seven or eight typical, nuclear family Christmases before our parents’ divorce changed the…
You hear it a lot . . . Let them be little. It’s a sentiment so perfectly nostalgic and sweet, I totally get why it’s a favorite parenting mantra and a consistently trending #hashtag. Only, when it comes to parenting my three daughters, I have no plans to “let them be little.” …
Christmas is a season that evokes a lot of memories. Some memories are sweet. Some memories are bitter sweet. Some memories are just bitter. I’m fortunate enough to have some of every variety but one from Christmas Day 2002 stands out particularly vividly in my mind. My younger sister and I were on the…
Splink 1: The Weight of Sin Collect household items (broom; roll of paper towels; spoon; spatula; shoe; pillow; soccer ball; teddy bear; etc.—any non-breakable item will work) on a table. Take turns seeing who can hold the most items (they can choose any from the table) without dropping any. Count the items as they pick…
There are certain times in the year that just go by faster than others. Christmas is one of them. There is so much going on from the time we clean up the turkey to when we take down the tree that if we’re not intentional, the big day can come and go and we…
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/357326903?secret_token=s-zTrNS” params=”color=#20608b&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen: iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloud | TuneIn In today’s episode of the Parent Cue Live podcast, we hear from Greg Payne and Mike Clear, story producers of Miss Rory’s Story Emporium, an imaginative, storytelling podcast for the whole family. YOUR CUE Subscribe to…
My son is asking for a car this Christmas. He’s four. He started asking for one months ago. And I— foolishly—thought it would be an idea that waned with time. Not so much. He gets fixated on things and doesn’t let go. Which can only mean one thing. Christmas morning is sure to be…