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Nancy Reagan … We need you!

by Kay | Apr 6, 2011 | ...on family

I can’t tell you how many notes, calls and conversations I’ve recently had on a difficult topic that faces every family with young boys (and from what I hear – even girls… which is hard for me to believe). It’s the sneaky and relentless...

Sometimes Pain Precedes Relief

by Kay | Mar 7, 2011 | ...on family, Uncategorized

Tomorrow we (Go-To-Girl and I) head back to Children’s Hospital and her terrific, yet somewhat conversationally challenged, orthopedic surgeon to have her pins removed. Okay, so I’ve done my darnedest to get that man talking. He was close the last time we...

Table Talk – Conversational Parenting by Mary DeMuth

by Kay | Feb 3, 2011 | ...on family

I hope you enjoy today’s Table Talk by prolific author Mary DeMuth. Be sure to check out her links. She has so many avenues through which she blesses those who cross her path. Thanks for crossing ours today, Mary! … and thanks for walking the road with me....

Maw-cupational Hazards

by Kay | Jan 7, 2011 | ...on family, Laughter

Sometimes we moms get caught in the crossfire of on the job “Maaahhwm-cupational Hazards”. Here are a few from this week: Hazard #1 – Stress On Monday, I headed down yet another avenue that I hoped would lead to some relief from the pain in my...

Table Talk – Thoughts on Parenting God’s Way, by Sheriff Daniel

by Kay | Nov 5, 2010 | ...on faith, ...on family

Today’s Table Talk is by MOAT friend Sheriff Daniel. Sheriff is a pastor in Calcutta, India. We met Sheriff in 2009 when he was in Dallas for a training session at Dallas Theological Seminary through GPA. We were Sheriff’s host family. Poor thing had to...

Open Door

by Kay | Oct 25, 2010 | ... on life, ...on family

I’ve noticed that my younger children have bought into our empowerment experiment a bit more voraciously than my older 2. They tend to meet our tasks fairly head on with out a lot of lip, sarcastic come-backs or the all too familiar tween/teen sigh-rolls (you...