About every six months my wife, Christi, goes on a weekend getaway with her friends—and I’m left alone with our two preschoolers—for three full days. The last time my bride enjoyed a much-needed weekend away, I had both children at the grocery store. Besides pushing them a little faster and spinning them around a little… View Post
The Secret Longing of a Mom
The celebration was about to begin. “One more paper to grade and this trip becomes gravy,” I said aloud, my voice echoing against the empty walls of my hotel room. It was 11:25AM late Friday morning. Scheduled to speak in five services that weekend, I was about to have lunch with the pastor of the… View Post
The One Behavior Every Parent Must Stop Doing
My dad bought Landon a tee ball set for his second birthday. I admit everything in me wanted him to immediately pick up the bat and ball and start swinging for the fences. But he didn’t. Instead he wanted to gather stones from our backyard and fill up his Little Tykes plastic golf bag with… View Post