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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

It’s always interesting to reflect back on the past year, to review the most significant moments, to pay special attention to those things you might have changed and to marvel at how quickly it all went by.  Some of us might get stuck in the past, while others find it easier to move on. I would have to say that without a doubt, the year 2012 was the most difficult for me as a parent.  Our family went through a troubling situation with our teen daughter that lasted several months.  All it took was one boy to enter the picture … Continue reading →

Still Learning to Let Go

I am always talking about the necessity of learning to let go as our children get older. It’s funny how some things are easier to let go of than others. Take my 18-year-old son, who is beginning to get impatient that a job in the Air Force hasn’t opened up yet. In case you are curious how this all works, after enlisting and being sworn in the first time (there is a more official time you are sworn in, right before you leave), you apply for a job. The job you get will determine the technical school you go to … Continue reading →

Being Stretched as a Parent in Letting Go

This must be my week of being stretched as a parent. We are already in the midst of working with a recruiter for my 17-year-old son who wants to join the Air Force after he graduates in June. Now my daughter has come to me with an opportunity to go to Germany next spring. I am still trying to deal with the prospect of my oldest son leaving us. But now my daughter wants permission to leave our country in her sophomore year and spend 10 days visiting Germany, Italy and Switzerland. This is a trip she would be taking … Continue reading →

The Reality of Letting Go

“Can I talk to you?” Whenever your teen comes to you with that question and a serious look on their face, you can’t help but brace yourself. That was the question my 17-year-old came to me with earlier this week. I could feel my chest tightening and my heart started racing. He is never this serious…what could he possibly have to ask me that he would even have to sit down next to me? Then this followed, “Can we meet with an Air Force recruiter?” Well that definitely threw me for a loop. I thought “we” had decided on the … Continue reading →

Another Time for Letting Go

I’m having mixed feelings about Regina starting kindergarten this week. Part of me wants to cry out that I haven’t had enough time with her– I should get an extra eight months! (Someone did once ask me Meg’s age when she was two and a half years old, and I responded “a year and a half” because that’s how long she’d been with me!) If Regina were a summer birthday I would definitely hold off on school, but she’s almost six. (And she has been wearing her sister’s outgrown uniforms since April.) I do sometimes feel a bit jealous about … Continue reading →

Reality Winners Crowned and A&E Reality Pilot Bites the Dust

If you were watching television last night, you might have noticed that both “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Last Comic Standing” crowned new champions in a reality show double-header. First up was “So You Think You Can Dance.” This year, there were two girls and two guys as the four finalists, but there was one interesting twist – neither guy was classically trained. Both Joshua and Twitch are street hip-hop dancers who just truly stepped up to the plate to perform dances like Broadway and the Russian trepak. For the girls, it was Courtney that was eliminated first. … Continue reading →

Letting go of Illusions

Sometimes, our denial and illusions can be a benefit—especially in the early stages of starting a business. I know that I needed a certain amount of “moxy” when I took the plunge and started working on my own. As we strive to build our businesses, however, we do need to let go of that denial and those illusions so that we can see things more clearly. We need to be able to “get real” when it comes to our skills and talents and strengths and weaknesses. The word “illusion” is a synonym for “delusion” and illusions are false ideas or … Continue reading →

Letting Them Learn About Relationships on Their Own

I don’t know about you, but some of the toughest, most painful reality lessons I have had to learn in my life have been in the “relationship” arena–whether it is about friends, friendship, trust, respect, or even more intense lessons like forgiveness and how to let friendships and relationships go from my life–this has all been a major task of living for me. As a parent, there is NOTHING I would like more than to spare my children some of that pain, suffering and scarring that I have been through. I think that is why it is so difficult to … Continue reading →

Are You Letting God Speak to You?

Did you read God’s Word this morning? Or was it a week ago, a month maybe longer since you opened the bible and allowed God to speak to you? Are you thankful each day for the great blessing of being able to read God’s Word? Do you realize what a privilege and joy it is to be able to do this? For many people in our world this is not the reality because they do not have a bible in their own language. In 2006, for the first time in South Eastern Mexico, 200,000 Huasteca Nahuatl (pronounced Was-te-ca Nah What-l) … Continue reading →

4 Reasons Why Paying Students For Good Grades Might Work

First, let me say a big thank you for Karri for letting me pick this up and offer a different opinion. While I agree with her that choosing students might seemingly create a system that is unfair, while being a slap in the face for students who have worked hard all along–I suggest to you that paying students (and even their parents in some cases) might not be that bad of an idea. For some of you reading who don’t know, I live in the inner city of New York. Before I was a full time homeschooling mom, I was … Continue reading →