We often get asked about being foster parents. People seem to have a high degree of interest in foster care and we are always happy to talk about it with anyone who want to have a discussion. At some point in the conversation this phrase is uttered "I could never be a foster parent, it [...]
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Pride (In the Name of Love)
Two summers ago I decided to study the Psalms. If you're anything like me you firmly believe that you have read every word of the Bible. If you're honest you know that’s probably not true especially when it comes to the Old Testament. And so I embarked on my journey through the book. One hundred and fifty of them [...]
What Do You Want To Be?
Sometimes I get frustrated because I feel like I talk more than I act. I think some of you can relate. Maybe I love thoughts and ideas too much. I don't think that there is anything wrong with thoughts or ideas, they are after all the genesis of action. But at some point ideas need [...]
The Greatest Principle
Being a parent (adoptive/birth/foster) is hard. Sometimes the thing that gets us through the day is remembering the greatest principle in all of human interaction.
Can You Hear Me Knocking?
I can't think of a single placement we've had over the years that didn't arrive with developmental delays. Not one. That's the reality of fostering for most of us and our kids. Whatever pain or difficulty they have dealt with in their lives it is usually, if not always, accompanied by developmental delays. Our current [...]
Killing Me Softly
It has been said that you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. This principle can be applied to all our relationships, marriage, work, social, you name it. This is a great and true principle in the field of human interaction. One relationship where this is especially true is with our children. [...]
A Farewell to Soda
Full confession time. We have a problem. We LOVE soda. I'm using love to describe how the two of us feel about carbonated sugar water. We clearly have a problem. But, starting today, we are quitting the old soda pop. Cold turkey. We are going to do what we can to be healthier. So for [...]
It’s a Family Tradition
Sunday March 17, 2013 had the potential to be an interesting/difficult day. It had nothing to Patrick or the Irish, although those celebrating St. Patrick's Day always have the potential to complicate matters. No, Sunday, March 17, 2013 was the day we took our annual family to the Dallas Auto Show. I love cars. I [...]
Four Superfoods
Taken from www.theearthdiet.com
Square Peg, Round Hole
All of us, to some degree, assign some level of romanticism to our childhood. The food was better, we like the toys we played with more than today's toys, riding bikes trumps video games, etc. This belief manifests itself frequently in that we try to impose our childhood experience on our children. Maybe impose oversells [...]