Category Archives: Parenting

Your Child is Not Broken

Your child is not broken, Rather s/he is on a journey beyond “fixed.” What s/he will learn has already been chosen, Your growth is open for negotiation. How will you be blessed? With acceptance, Compassion, Or the full knowledge of … Continue reading

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Where’s Your Spiritual Money? The True Cost of Minding Other People’s Business

Part 1: Minding Everybody Else’s Business Kids do this all the time.  Adults do, too.  It’s just more obvious when children do it, because they do it physically, and adults do it mentally and verbally. What am I talking about? … Continue reading

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The First Gift: Patience Like Water

I stand on the late fall lawn, the trees bare above me and the earth brown and sere at my feet. Drifts of leaves shelter in the flower beds, and the air is crisp. In front of me a huge … Continue reading

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