Providing Hope

Providing Hope

‘Hope’ is an important word to a parent. “I hope my child understands.” “I hope my child gets good grades.” “I hope my child will be able to get into a non-bat-crap-crazy college or better yet, a trade school.” “I hope that smell of dog crap isn’t my child walking...
Staying Motivated

Staying Motivated

The challenges of being a parent don’t always come directly from your children. Many times it’s the outside forces and the variables that wear us down, put a pebble (or ten) in our shoes, or flat out hit us in the face. Having to deal with variables makes staying...
Creating Expectations

Creating Expectations

I hope by now that you’re seeing not only the pattern I’m laying out, but the connections—how each of these subjects build upon the previous one. But what’s special about this point in our parenting adventure, is the clarifying experience of watching how our WHY...