As parents, we LOVE to do things for our children.  After all, it’s an expression of love. How could it be a bad thing? Or could it be? There comes an age where doing too much for our children WILL negatively impact their future relationships. In a word – It’s called self-responsibility and it is…

I remember the day I sat in my marriage counselor’s office and through the tears, kleenex and runny mascara blurted out… Why is God doing this to me? Wow, now looking back, I can’t believe those words ever came out of my mouth! Can you say, victim? In my defense, I was losing my family.…

There is nothing more joyful than the holidays surrounded by the ones we love. But life is an ebb and flow and inevitably we suffer loss or relocations or relationships end and more..so much more. And what was once a day of exuberant thanks and holiday folklore can feel lonely.  The following are 15 Quotes…

It’s a wonder most can’t walk away from disrespectful relationships in the very beginning. The problem? Generally speaking, we tolerate this lack of respect because it’s somehow familiar. This communication or more appropriately ‘lack of communication’ probably existed in our family of origin. We simply don’t know any better. These are the patterns we witnessed…

“Gratitude exclaims, very properly, “How good of God to give me this.” –C.S. Lewis   “Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.” –Robert Louis Stevenson   “‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.” –Alice Walker “I am grateful for what…

These past years have been brutal; however, as much as I prayed for God to lead me forward and up and out of them, deep down I knew a truth. The type of truth anyone with deep spirituality recognizes in times of angst. I still hadn’t learned the lesson God was attempting to teach me.…

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