Look what I can do!

Look what I can do!

There’s something I’ve noticed in my decades of non-parenting. And it’s been verified time after time by parents and grandparents alike. It’s this: toddlers are little energy packs, never still, always exulting in their next new experience (that is, until they hear...
Hot fudge sundae for breakfast?

Hot fudge sundae for breakfast?

Parenting, by definition, knows times of heightened anxiety. Any time a child is rushed to the hospital. The first time a teenager is allowed to stay home alone for the weekend. When the time comes to become a driving instructor. When the school principal calls in the...
Artisan at Work

Artisan at Work

Parenting is a quiet, unassuming word  – at first glance! It is, more accurately, an umbrella term for way-more-than-a full-time job. It includes, but is not limited to, loving, feeding, bathing, holding, rocking (essential), nursing when children are sick...
God’s Love Gift & Heaven’s Generous Reward*

God’s Love Gift & Heaven’s Generous Reward*

Throughout millennia children have been treated on an enormous spectrum. In the days of the Old Testament, pagan religions would offer their children in a ritual fire as a sacrifice to their gods. Scripture, in Proverbs 13:24 (the Voice) says: “Those who spare the rod...