I had a mother that controlled! In response: I disobeyed, I lied and I manipulated. I do not want to be this mother. I want to be a mother that prays.  I want to be a mother that understands that God is in control of all the details of my children’s lives and I want [...]

Can you really know someone you have only met on Facebook? Recently my daughter began to talk to a boy on Facebook.  As the frequency increased  I could tell they were interested in each other.  I was tuned in and communicating with her openly.  At this point she told me she had never met him [...]

My son is 15.  As soon as the calendar rolled onto his 15th Birthday he was asking for Drivers Ed.  That was super exciting for about one minute.  As the endless classroom hours loomed ahead of him and the 2 hours (per session)  locked in the student driver cars began he quickly lost interest.  In [...]

We were on vacation in Galveston, TX.  A three day get-away to kick off the summer.  We had a great day and were back in the room for the evening.  My daughter came to me and said she had seen a “special needs” guy at the pool and that they had spoken to each other. [...]

The note arrived two days later.  Written in marker and designed as a newsletter.  It contained arguments and reasons why Clara felt that buying the phone was the best thing to do.  She had contacted Apple,  researched the next release date to determine when prices might fall again.  She reported that she indeed did have [...]

My 12 year old daughter approached me and informed me that she had saved her money and was going to purchase an i-phone 4. WHAT??? Um… NO! My practical side called out. ” 3GS’s are $50.00- choose that. That is more than enough for you. When I was a kid we didn’t even have phones [...]