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Table Talk – Three Doors? by Kathleen Fischer
Today’s Table Talk is by our friend Kathleen Fischer who shares a wonderful post from her blog. I saw this on Monday and asked if I could repost and direct people to her site. So, here’s a small excerpt. Be sure to click on “Read More” to see the rest. It’s worth it.
Thanks Kathleen… and thanks for walking the road with me.
-Kay
My brother raised his sons in Spur, Texas, population 1,088 and dropping. One day he and I were discussing the problems faced by families in my area (a large city). He listened and thought a minute, then said, “Sister, the problem with y’all is you don’t have enough doors.”
“Enough doors? What do you mean,” I asked.
“Well,” he began, “all the kids in your area think there’s only one door for them to enter, only one path to follow. And that regardless what they 
Today’s Table Talk is by my dear and wise friend Cindy McWhorter. On a day to stop and be thankful, she is one woman in my life for whom I give thanks. She has taught my children and mentored me (as well as countless other moms in our neighborhood). She purposefully parented her two grown kids and continues to groom leaders for the next generation.
Thanks for sharing Cindy … and thanks for walking the road with me.
Happy Thanksgiving!
-Kay
Here are a few ideas that you might enjoy over the Thanksgiving holidays.
1. Prior to the Thanksgiving meal, place three (or more) kernels of dried corn in each person’s plate. Pass a bowl around the table and each person tells three things they are thankful for as they place the kernels in the bowl. You may wish to keep a Thanksgiving journal and record each person’s three blessings. In subsequent 
A couple weeks ago, Jon & I, along with 200 of our closest friends, enjoyed an evening with David Brooks. When I met him before he spoke and told him about our MOAT effort to transfer responsibilities to our kids’ plates in an effort to move away from entitlement and toward confidence infused self-sufficiency, he quickly responded, “That’s what I’m speaking about tonight.” Needless to say, I was pretty excited. He threw out some convicting statistics and stories. But the thing that really hit home was his conclusion that enabling inevitably results in narcissism – a far cry from the humble/service stance upon which our country was founded. I loved that his research landed him in the same spot our Experiment landed us. We weren’t looking at the country, but our house sure became much more other-centered when 
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