A while back, my swimmer daughter happened to tell me the vital importance of water in her life. When submerged…
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Why I’m Asking, ‘Are You Ok?’ This Mother’s Day
Almost five years to this day, two friends drove 300 miles in one day to lay eyes on me. They’d…
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Real You: The New Parenting Role to Embrace Now & Our Kids Will Be Alright
The last concert I attended before the world as we know it changed forever was Mat Kearney’s acoustic tour. As…
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Strengthening Our Kids from the Passenger Seat by Driving Two Key Words Home
“We are not good at anything when we first start,” Scott said at the dinner table in response to Avery…
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Courage, Please Step Forward: The Advantage of Being a Human Who Does Hard Things
“My friends on the cross-country team had to get up at 5am to go to their meet,” my 16-year-old daughter…
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One Window Is All You Need: Heart Wisdom from a Teenage Wanderer
Guest Post by Natalie Rebecca Stafford, age 15 I was around four years old when I started asking my mom…
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