Read the book. No, I am not trying to start a debate on whether the book or the movie is better. I am talking about doing the little things with your kids even when you don't feel like it or have other things to do. Those can wait. Time with your kids can't. I have …
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Recently, I was sharing some of my business struggles with a fellow business owner and they shared these three words with me, "Win the day." Nothing profound. Just a simple mindset shift. I could continue to be frustrated with how terrible the day had started or make a shift to "win the day" and that's …
"Are you kidding me? You don't need another burrito especially since you haven't eaten the first one! Move the food closer to your plate so you don't spill it everywhere!" These are completely rational and justified reasons to yell at your kids...said no one ever. Sure, I may have been right but the way I …
A certain station that shares not quite 60 seconds of hope had a pastor share their thoughts on the lame man Jesus heals in Matthew 9:6. This pastor said when Jesus told the man to get up and walk he told him to pick up his mat with him so he could show the world …
"I don't want the world to hurt my son." I recently saw this quote from a celebrity on a magazine cover at my local gym. When I saw it I thought, "Hmm, interesting but isn't that every parent's wish?" Then I thought, "Yeah that would be nice but it's not how the world operates." Now, I didn't read …
"Rather than trying to control the other person, happy couples tended to focus, instead, on controlling themselves, their environment, and the conflict itself." -Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators, 152. My struggle in my previous marriage and even today is that I try to control the other person. If I could get them to see my way or reasoning then …
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"Why did Grandma make the wrong decision..." Kids say the darndest things, don't they? The other night at the dinner table I asked my kids, "If you could change one thing in the world, what would you change?" Boy did they have great answers. One said, "I wish people didn't get angry." Digging deeper they wished people …
A sermon on marriage just what I needed...not. Oh, sure I can take notes so I can apply them to my next marriage but these are proverbs not promises so even if I followed all of them it doesn't guarantee the marriage will work. Wow, thanks Debbie Downer. There are those of us who are …
"Take responsibility for your actions." I cannot stand when people play the victim or blame others for their failures. Taking responsibility for yourself is something I tell my kids often. I would even shorten it to "take responsibility." It's the idea of teaching my kids ownership but also of thinking about others. When my kids …
"Do you want to be helped, hugged or heard?" Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators, 32. Wow, I wish I had read this earlier in my kids' lives but will take it now. Man, I would have even appreciated it for my previous marriage. Instead of trying to guess what someone is feeling, just ask then listen. How many times …