Family Communication
Family Meals Made Easy for November
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Great Recipes, Helpful Hints, and Fun Ideas
Family Fun Idea
The next couple of months we are going to use dinner time as a way of establishing meaningful opportunities to talk with our kids. Using dinner time to engage in meaningful conversations with each other is an easy way to reconnect, share thoughts, and check the pulse [...]
Being Intentional About How You Communicate With Your Kids and Spouse
Saturday, November 10th, 2007A family with purpose is a family who is intentional about who they are as individuals and as a family. They know who they are, what they stand for, and what they want from life. They have goals and dreams and plans to make them happen. They are families who live their [...]
Are You a Family with Purpose?
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Families of today come in all shapes and sizes. From the traditional (though somewhat rare) Leave it to Beaver family to the chronically dysfunctional Burnham’s in the 1999 film American Beauty, our neighborhoods, schools, towns, and churches are filled with families of many different sizes, styles, and varying degrees of dysfunction. These are the same [...]
Will They Remember this as Special?
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006I love the song Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. I love Motown songs in general, but this one holds special meaning because I love to change the lyrics around a little and sing it to my girls. Just my little way of letting them know that I will always be there for them. [...]
Should I Let it Go?
Monday, April 10th, 2006Well I just had one of those moments of parenthood where I had to decide - “Do I let this go” or “Should I say something”….
It all started this weekend when we were discussing at dinner the news that our nephew (my daughters’ cousin) was going to be a father. We were having dinner with our [...]