Building Strong Families
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
I spent hours and hours planning our family vacation to Disney world. I read the right books, visited and subscribed to all the popular websites, made reservations in advance, and when all of it was done I [...]
STOP IT! - Keeping Your Cool on Family Vacations
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008A family with purpose is a family who acknowledges their problems and who work together for resolutions. They deal with their problems and issues with open communication and with confidence.
STOP IT! My yelling these two little words into the backseat of the car is usually the first sign that our family vacation is beginning to [...]
A Family Journal
Monday, May 12th, 2008Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
Sometimes it gets really hard to keep track of it all. Even though we have good intentions, keeping track of your family’s memories, family goals, and great times can be hard. It isn’t an easy task to [...]
Should We Tell Our Kids the Truth?
Monday, May 12th, 2008I recently had a conversation with some incredibly bright well informed loving mothers on whether or not we should tell the truth when asked some of the tough questions by our kids. Questions like, “Have you ever taken drugs?” Or, “Did you have sex before marrying dad?” Of course it is no big deal if [...]
The Not So Perfect Family Journal
Monday, May 12th, 2008What I Think I Know - A monthly tongue in cheek commentary of things I’ve learned (or so I think)….
At one point in my life, I had dreams of capturing all of our family’s life memories in a beautifully decorated, perfectly designed, and magnificently color coordinated scrapbook. I was going to do one for every [...]
Family Fitness Challenge
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Exercise has never been at the top of my list of fun things to do and I do whatever I can to not fit it into my schedule. My husband has a slightly more positive outlook and manages to fit in weekly volleyball games, bike rides in warm weather, and an occasional workout on our [...]
Family Travel Goals
Monday, April 14th, 2008My kids are big dreamers. Recently we sat down as a family to set some family vacation goals and at the top of the family’s list was a family vacation to Hawaii. Obviously the kids don’t grasp the magnitude of what a family vacation for 6 will cost, but since they outnumber us (parent’s remember [...]
How Will They Remember You?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
My 9 year old daughter, Jennifer, has a real talent for saying it like it is. You will always know what she honestly thinks about something. Got a new hairdo? She will be the first to say [...]
Are You Parenting with Consciousness?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
A family with purpose is a family who acknowledges their problems and who work together for resolutions. They deal with their problems and issues with open communication and with confidence.
I have been thinking a lot lately about two words, consciousness and ethics, and how they relate to parenting . . . they are both words [...]
I Have Work To Do
Thursday, April 10th, 2008What I Think I Know - A monthly tongue in cheek commentary of things I’ve learned (or so I think)….
Growing up, my mother set the tone for the entire family. When Mom wasn’t happy, no one was happy. Even if her unhappiness didn’t have anything to do with us kids, it still made us feel [...]