by Louise | Apr 28, 2017 | Encourage, Friendship, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
We love spending time at our favorite lake in the summer. I love watching the water in all its moods – but when it’s calm and still like glass, nothing beats taking the canoe and spending some peaceful moments paddling along the shore. My son even...
by Shannon | Jan 22, 2017 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
Yesterday I ran into an old friend I hadn’t seen in a while. We chatted and she asked me how things were going with my kids. I told her that things were great. My kids were healthy and busy and fabulous. However, instead of ending on that note, for some reason I...
by Louise | Jan 16, 2017 | Encourage, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
I am what I’d call a recovering perfectionist. Sometimes I fall off the wagon, but in general I am so much better than I used to be! I used to see things very neatly – black or white, right or wrong – and I was pretty stingy with grace. But years...
by Gwen | Aug 24, 2016 | Encourage, Parenting
We went to the old Bonnie and Clyde apartment this evening over by Oak Ridge Street. My parents have owned it for the past several years. They have recently sold it, and my mom wanted to share a last dinner there with us before its out of their possession. She made...
by Louise | Apr 17, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Louise, Uncategorized
My twins turned 15 last week so we have 2 new permit-drivers in the family. I won’t embarrass them here – they’re doing as well as can be expected with five days’ experience on city streets. (And as a passenger, I’ve cut the gasping and...
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