Watching my beautiful bride walk down the aisle all those years ago was a dream come true. I saw perfection. Not in the literal, shallow sense, but in the sense that she made me whole, was absolutely amazing in so many ways, and I just knew our life together would be an adventure. What I …
One of the popular parenting tips out there is to give your child choices, so they feel like they have control over their decisions. I can’t say I 100% agree or disagree with the above when negotiating with your child. It has helped us get out of many arguments and skip the long, drawn-out fits …
Effectively Negotiating With Your Child: A Quick How-To Read More »
Two words—time management. One minute you think you’ve got it figured out, and the next, everything is in chaos again. My wife and I constantly felt like circus performers; you know, the ones that spin plates on those little sticks, and you’re just waiting for them to all come crashing down. Balancing our life with …
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Do we need to give our kids an allowance? An all too familiar question that I believe every parent will ask once their child shows an interest in spending money. Or worse, they hear about other children who DO get an allowance and how it’s “so unfair!” that they don’t get an allowance. So what …
Raise your hand if you’re in your thirties and never heard of the movie Forrest Gump. That’s what I thought—not one hand! One of my favorite lines from that movie goes like this: My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. —Forrest Gump Certain …
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It’s easy to find yourself going through the motions with your family over the Christmas season. Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year, but the seasonal festivities can get repetitive. Decide if we’re going to put decorations up before or after Thanksgiving. Go around to family Christmas parties and eat way more than …
11 Charitable Family Christmas Traditions You Need to Start Now Read More »
A Little Back Story Effective communication with your spouse? I never thought that would be a problem. I’ve always been a fairly confident person; at least, I try to be. Maybe I’m not, who knows. Joe and I got married when I was 20 years old. At that time, I can assure you that I …
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Ugggghhhh! If your kids are anything like ours, that’s the usual response you get when you ask them to do some chores around the home. My wife and I typically followed up by stiffening our tone from a polite request to a stern demand. If things continued to heat up, we’d toss in the mix …
I have always been a princess, and Joe is definitely my knight in shining armor, but I wouldn’t say our marriage has been a fairy tale. It’s been more like a collection of divinely orchestrated mistakes, which taught us some good decision-making. In the early years of marriage, it was effortless to date my husband. …
Our physical time on this earth is short. Our time with our children is even shorter. They’ll be packing up and moving out before we know it, and we’ll be left a hot mess with not enough tissues to go around. It’s sooooo important that we use the short, precious time with our littles to …
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