Posts by: Family First
January 4, 2022 9:54 am
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I met my wife in college. We had been dating a few weeks when she told me her car was making noises that didn’t sound right. With my very limited understanding of car stuff, I popped the hood and checked the dipstick. She had zero oil in her car and hadn’t gotten an oil change...
December 1, 2021 1:18 pm
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I’m learning that a lot of parenting is a balancing act. Don’t be too strict or too lenient. Don’t hover, but still have enough boundaries. There’s a sweet spot in almost every part of what we do as moms. One area we can easily forget to temper is how much we focus on our kids....
December 1, 2021 1:16 pm
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My younger son was having a particularly emotional night. There were lots of tears and he had his head buried in his pillow. I grabbed his stuffed frog, lowered my voice (because, you know, frogs have deep voices), and started talking to him as “Mr. Ribbit.” He immediately looked up, tried to stifle his smile,...
December 1, 2021 1:11 pm
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Teenage rebellion is nothing new. Rebellious children have been around since the first children inhabited the earth. Remember Cain and Abel? So, what should you do about it? Run from the battle? Raise the white surrender flag in defeat? Go to war with guns a blazing? None of those things will accomplish very much and...
December 1, 2021 1:09 pm
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You’ve no doubt shopped for a card for your spouse and read something like, “You light up my world. You’re my everything. You are my every dream come true.” It sounds sweet and I understand the intentions. But your wife is not your everything. Your husband isn’t your every dream come true. Spouses don’t always...
December 1, 2021 1:01 pm
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I have a silly habit: I love washing dishes. I can’t go to bed with dishes in the sink. Do you have a random must-do chore you do around the house every day? Whatever it is, your daily habits like that one make you the person you are. I know from my football days that...
