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Fitness in Your 40’s

Well, we have looked at fitness in your 20’s and 30’s and now we are on to my personally favorite decade, the 40’s. I don’t exactly know what it was about turning 40 but it felt great. For me, this is the decade where I began to get much more serious about fitness. I realize it would have been beneficial to get an earlier start but what I am learning about this decade is that it’s never too late. I have found yoga to especially be beneficial, which has helped in improving my posture and gaining flexibility. But in your … Continue reading →

Let’s Play! How to Bond with Your New Stepfamily

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Not being much of a bowler myself, I was a little surprised when my then-boyfriend suggested that he take my daughter out for a few frames one Saturday afternoon. It was one of the first weekends I had invited him to visit when my daughter wasn’t with her Dad. (After many years of single parenthood, I continued to be very wary of involving her in my romantic liaisons when I wasn’t yet sure where they were headed). This weekend had been discussed between us at length; our relationship had become serious, and we were starting to talk about a future … Continue reading →

Dating When Parenting a Teen

Dating is hard enough when it is a mature man and woman just trying to get to know each other. If that person happens to have a teenage child from another relationship then it is a million times harder. Teenagers today have so many things going on at school and with friends that the last thing they really want is to be introduced to a new person in their parent’s life. Let’s be realistic though, you are living also, and you cannot just wait for them to move out before you date. There are some things that you can do … Continue reading →

Embrace What Interests Your Teen

When my children were younger I went through a stint where I homeschooled them. In fact, my now 16-year-old son was homeschooled all the way through 4th grade. I didn’t put him into school until 5th grade. One of the things that I really enjoyed about homeschooling was the opportunity to really embrace my children’s interests. Quite often I would incorporate into our curriculum things they had a personal interest in. Early on my oldest son developed a liking for history and the military. I put together some really fun unit studies on those subjects. He still has some of … Continue reading →

Making Those Tough Parenting Decisions

One of the hardest parenting decisions my husband and I have had to make just occurred. We have spent the last couple of weeks talking about it, finding out more information and most definitely, praying about it. Our 17-year-old son asked if he could be part of an upcoming missions’ trip to Haiti. Now you have to understand that we were completely shocked by this. Our son is a homebody, has two good friends, rarely goes anywhere other than work and has never once participated in an outside activity at church. We tried to feel him out…why did he want … Continue reading →

Sharing My Son

So this past Monday all three of my children were off school. My work was arranged so that I didn’t have much to do and was available to them. My plans were to have one-on-one time with my youngest son. He picked going to our local museum to see this special exhibit on “Mummies.” Now I’m not entirely found of going to see dead bodies but what can I say? I have a boy in middle school. What else did I expect him to pick? But I was able to look past the gruesome aspect of our time together because … Continue reading →