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Table Talk: Some TERRIFIC, Encouraging Resources

by Kay | Mar 6, 2014 | Purposeful Parenting

Here are a few things that I hope might offer you encouragement today. For Moms – kids of all ages: The Daily Mom App will bless your day – and offer a little mind candy as you sit and wait and sit and watch and sit – especially in carpool lines! I...

So Life Will Go Well With You

by Kay | Mar 3, 2014 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

“Smell my hand…” Never a good idea when offered by a boy. But I did … hesitantly. “Oh my word!” I reeled back, wishing I could un-smell whatever I had just smelled. “Ohhhhhh… sick!… Ohhhhh-ewww!!!” Muffled laughter preceded an, “I know. It’s gross,...

In the Name of Love

by Kay | Feb 20, 2014 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting, Reflections, Uncategorized

I don’t know about you, but I never knew I could love anything like I love my kids. Each one. The other day Jack asked me if I loved Fury or him more. This was after he snuggled into me and whispered a hushed confession, “I love you more than Dad.”...

“Bad Parenting”

by Kay | Feb 3, 2014 | Laughter, Purposeful Parenting, Uncategorized

“She said she hated me and I was the worst mother in the world,” my friend told me after recounting her daughter’s response to a “so not fair” grounding that resulted from some seriously bad choices. It’s funny, because I had just...

Required Field Revelations

by Kay | Dec 9, 2013 | ... on life, Laughter, Purposeful Parenting

It’s Day 4 of Ice on the ground here in Dallas. Schools are closed. The kids are still asleep. Even the youngest, who awoke on Day 1 way before anyone else, has given in to hibernation. And, what’s a mom to do with all the peace and quiet? Clean the house?...

Letting Greatness Blossom

by Kay | Dec 6, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

As a mom, it can be hard to remember who you were before the invasion of little people. You know, when you could think complete thoughts. When you could sleep through the night, go to a movie on a whim, stop on the song that you like. The days when you got stuff done....