Making Home Feel Like Home: Family, Happiness and Love in Spite of Challenges
The outside of our current home is not nearly as impressive as the feelings were inside the most humble place our family has ever lived. Neither... Read More →
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Teaching Kids Responsibility: Parenting Teens
My grandpa thought teaching kids responsibility was easy. In his day and circumstances the resources to accomplish that feat were certainly more... Read More →
International Family: Build on Differences. Don’t Hide Them
An international family, like ours, needs to consider how to turn differences into strengths rather than allowing them to be weaknesses.... Read More →
Saying Goodbye for The Last Time: Seize the Day!
Saying goodbye is always toughest when it’s the last goodbye. Even so, it’s harder when we don’t get to say those words for a final time.... Read More →
Orphans and Homes for Them to go Home to
We need to find homes for orphans to go home to. Alright, maybe “orphans” is the wrong word. Heaven knows that word has been brutalized for... Read More →
Challenge Limits Instead of Limiting Challenges
We challenge limits instead of limiting challenges in our family. Rippling biceps; six pack abs; toned calves and thighs… yep; that’s how my... Read More →
Finding Faith: Why Does God Care?
Finding faith, for me, never comes easy. Maybe it’s true… things are always in the last place you look. While I was raised in an... Read More →
Joining the Military: When Parents Need Answers
Steve came home and told me he was joining the military. I couldn’t understand why a son with such intellectual abilities, who could have... Read More →
Best Summer Vacation Places, Ever!
I’m delving into my vast history of travel experience to give you the best summer vacation places, ever. I have walked the trails of... Read More →
Childlike Faith: Believing Enough to get What HE Wants
Childlike faith is what I should have been able to teach my children. I came from a Christian home and family. My daughters came from an abusive... Read More →
Empty is a Good Thing; An Easter Tradition
Our family is big on traditions; especially around holidays. Easter is no exception. My wife, Amy started our main Easter tradition when... Read More →
Reactive Attachment Disorder Measuring Success
Because some of our children have Reactive Attachment Disorder measuring success is hard to do and that leaves us, as parents, frustrated. My... Read More →
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