I immediately felt the fiercest love for you from the moment I knew you were real. Your dad and I spent countless hours imagining the curve of your face and what hue of brown or blue your eyes would be. From the beginning, our greatest hopes for you were happiness and safety.However, with wisdom comes the understanding that we cannot always keep you happy and safe. You, my beloved son, will become well acquainted with sadness and disappointment in your life. Because of this Continue Reading
About Video Game Overload
When you were born one of my deepest desires was that you would develop a passion. A passion that ran so deep that… you would naturally want to develop your passion and hopefully that would be your career. Boom!! I was thinking something along the lines of your love of Lego's would lead to an engineering path, or your desire to help others would lead you to want to become a doctor, etc. I have prayed more times than I can remember for God to reveal a passion Continue Reading
An Open Letter About Grief
I wrote this letter for parents of sons who are experience the sorrow of losing a friend. I heard of another young man who passed today, and this is a difficult topic to discuss with our children. Please let me know if I can pray for you or your loved ones. Dear Son, Life is full of twists and turns. Chock full. Some of those twists and turns surprise you joyfully and others take you by surprise. As I watched you say goodbye to your very best friend today, I knew it had to be one of Continue Reading
What?! You’re moving????????
Dear Son/Daughter, Are you kidding me?????? I have devoted my entire life to raising you, grooming you, encouraging you, and shall we say lecturing you into an amazing person. Finally, you make it through the rocky river and emerge looking like a shiny diamond. And.... and....and....YOU'RE MOVING?????!!! Boy, oh boy, the return on investment in this parenting thing is looking critically low right now! ouch. However - I haven't been doing all this for me. Not by a long shot. Or I would Continue Reading