Because, One Day, Your Kids Stop Bugging You (Really)
You may have a toddler right now who won’t leave your side. You know the kind. The kid who’s glued to your leg, velcroed to your arm, who keeps wanting you to read the same story again, and again, and again. It’s driving you nuts some days, isn’t it?... Read More
Why You Should Push Your Kids Out the Front Door
When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do in the whole world was going with my grandpa to peddle watermelons. Not selling. Peddling. Selling is often fast paced and intense. We peddled. It was slow and laid back. We drove around town in his... Read More
Imagine The End | Middle School (6th-8th) | Special Topics
Champion Tribes: Helping Middle School Boys Connect With Their Dads While Preparing Them For Life
Have you ever been to a little league game and watched the interaction between dads and their sons? It’s quite fascinating. And a bit entertaining. If you look closely, you’ll notice something far more important than just the game itself. In between the cheers, instruction, and maybe arguments... Read More
One Simple Way to Decrease Your Chances of Raising a Brat
My husband and I just got back from taking our girls to Hilton Head, South Carolina for a long weekend. There were bike-riding adventures, hot dogs on the beach, and early bedtimes (thank you, swimming, for exhausting my children like no other activity) – a great time was... Read More
Family Life | Imagine The End | Middle School (6th-8th)
The Importance of Letting Go
I’m writing this while sitting on a flight with my thirteen-year-old son on our way home from Uganda. Yep . . . Uganda! It’s actually an interesting story how it all happened. I had an opportunity to join a mission trip to Uganda to pilot if for our ministry.... Read More
Character and Values | Imagine The End
Resolving to Endure
I ran a 5k once. Once is the operative word. I might do it again some day when the faint smell of impending death finally leaves my nostrils. The race was fine, it was the runner who had a problem. I had always wanted to do it and... Read More
Imagine The End | Middle School (6th-8th)
5 Rules We Gave Our 13-Year-Old When She Joined Instagram
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I had a whole lot of ideas about raising a teenager in a social media world right up to the moment that I actually had a teenager in a social media world. When my 13-year-old daughter wanted to join... Read More
What Story Do We Tell?
There’s a lot of my story that I never want my kids to find out. Like the time I cheated on a math test in third grade. I chose to sit out recess for a week just so my teacher wouldn’t call my parents. Or the time I... Read More
A Book Review: Siblings Without Rivalry
“Someday when you guys are older you will like each other and be best friends.” They’d been bickering. Again. But did I really just say that? How can I possibly know that? Is that just wishful thinking for my oldest son and my daughter who is two and... Read More
Imagine The End | Special Topics
Should You Let Your Kids See You Fight?
You may have already weighed in on the age-old parenting debate: should you let your kids see you fight? Clearly, the question springs out of the pain too many kids grew up witnessing. For sure, there are some things kids should never witness. And while God can use... Read More