Proverbs 10:19 When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. One of the things that attracts me to and conversely makes me want to strangle my husband is that he chooses his words carefully. If the average number of words spoken by a male really is 7,000 as they say, Corey could easily get by with 3,500. If it doesn’t need to be said, he doesn’t say it. I hate this when he’s been gone for an extended period of time and returns home to describe the whole experience in two sentences….
Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. My kids aren’t big fans of the 8:00 – 3:00 school day routine. (It’s boring, they say.) And it perplexes them that they must go to school for nine months of the year while summer break lasts only three months. In their minds, to be fair, school should be six months of the year and break should fill the other six. They wouldn’t say that they think learning is fun, but my oldest son found an appreciation…
My latest article went LIVE at Today’s Christian Woman. (Insights from my years of learning to communicate with the man-children God so richly blessed me with.) You can start reading it here and click the link at the end to get the rest of the story. Boy Moms: 5 Tips for Communication with Your Son It’s 9:55 P.M. A lover of sleep, what I want to do right now is curl up in bed with my hubby and watch an episode of M*A*S*H on Netflix while I fall asleep on his shoulder. Instead, I flip to Chapter 33 and start…
I missed Boy Mom Monday last week because I was 3300 miles away from my boys in Port au Prince, Haiti. I just returned from my trip and, in lieu of a devotion, I am posting something I wrote in 2008 for my column in the local paper. Maybe some of you can relate 🙂 It all started with the Boy Wonder. In the fall of 2005, my mom made Batman and Robin costumes for my two boys. The two-year-old became smitten with Robin. I remember the morning I was awakened at the crack of dawn to my son, standing…
Proverbs 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. My kids sometimes play the game sardines with their friends. In sardines, one person hides and the rest of the group tries to find him. When a seeker finds the hider, he hides alongside him. This pattern continues until only one seeker is left. That last one left seeking is the loser. The kids who don’t pay close attention as the other players start disappearing tend to be the least successful in the game. It’s all about seeking with purpose and joining those who have found…