Encourage Their Dreams

Encourage Their Dreams

by | Sep 2, 2026 | Family, Inspiration, Parenting

So. You are a parent of a five-foot five-inch, sixteen-year-old son. A son whose dream is to be a professional basketball player. Who lives and breathes the game of basketball. He eats his breakfast with his ball tucked under one arm. And sleeps with it nestled on the...
Ignore It and It’ll Go Away

Ignore It and It’ll Go Away

by | Apr 29, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Personal Growth

If we are talking about your teeth, yep, that’s true. Just totally ignore them, and you have a pretty quick way to rid yourself of a tiresome repetitive responsibility. “She don’t care about us, and always wishin’ that we weren’t so needy all the time? Oh, yeah, we’re...
Don’t Just Blindly Raise Your Kids

Don’t Just Blindly Raise Your Kids

by | Apr 22, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Wisdom

We humans have personality traits, that is readily apparent. And because we all have our own individual and highly weird traits, each of us also have singularly different desires. Desires for things in our life that are driven by our God-given quirks. The athlete,...
Parents, Don’t Just Yell at Them

Parents, Don’t Just Yell at Them

by | Mar 25, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Relationships

Have you ever noticed that those rigid rules you insist your kids obey rarely bring about long-term enthusiastic obedience? “Mom told us to not do that. Yay!!!” Instead, rebellion later on is usually the result. When your back is turned. When your kid is turned loose...
Hellion In Rebellion

Hellion In Rebellion

by | Mar 4, 2026 | Cautionary Tale, Family, Parenting

Parenting kids…tough stuff. And just think of doing that same job from God’s point of view. He’s responsible for the same…guiding you and me to become good adults. Not a job that you would hear me volunteering to do in a trillion light years. Just imagine. God:...