Death and kids don’t always go well together, but it is something that happens, no matter how much we’d like to shield our kids from it. It is important to allow them the opportunity to grieve as much as you need that yourself. Grieving is a healthy thing. In ancient times they would stop everything […]
Category: Personal Examples
Don’t Talk “Down” to Them
When my second son was around two, we were sitting at a restaurant that had butcher paper on the table tops. My older son was sitting in a chair next to his mother, and on the other side (the booth side) of the table is where my second son and I sat. As we waited […]
Build a Trust Relationship
One of the most difficult parts of being a dad, is consistency. The patterns that we live by are picked up by our children and become part of their “normal.” The trouble is if you have a habit, or pattern of behavior that is not something you are proud of there will be no […]
Just Try
About three years ago, I had an opportunity to be part of a mission trip to Nicaragua, with my son. We went to the informational meeting primarily for my son Wesley who was 15 at the time, and part of his “15 Year Challenge” include going on a mission trip that year. At the meeting, […]
You Are a Hero! (1)
I remember it like it was last week, but really it was 2001. We were in Mount Prospect, Illinois in a sparsely decorated living room of a house we had rented from the people next door. I was working four part-time jobs, two of which were professional regional theater “shows”, one was a shipping clerk […]