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Learning to Lose
She sat in the locker room dejected. Frustrated, sad, angry tears rolled down her face. This wasn’t how we wanted the day to end. Her hockey team had lost it’s first tournament — with a minute left in overtime. They had played so well. They had played so hard. This little team that no one … Continue reading
When You Have a Child Who Can But Won’t
My younger daughter has decided the rules of grammar don’t apply to her. Capitalization and punctuation are unnecessary conventions as far as she is concerned. “But why do I have to capitalize and use periods?” is often her cry. She has had to redo numerous papers because of this refusal to follow the rules of … Continue reading
Let Me Be Singing When the Evening Comes
Yesterday, I planned a water balloon fight for my girls with some of the neighbor girls. It seemed like a good idea at the time. It’s hot. We’re at that point in the summer where the lack of routine is beginning to get to everyone. What I failed to consider was the excitement of waiting … Continue reading
Strategies for Teaching Contentment
The gift shop was closed. We had spent a fun day at an exotic animal farm bed and breakfast in central Kansas (I know, it’s an odd place for exotic animals). We had fed giraffes, petted kangaroos, heard a macaw say hello and ridden a camel. But all of that enjoyment was sucked away because … Continue reading
What is Contentment?
My 9-year-old daughter sat on the couch, reading the books she had bought yesterday. She was enjoying the bargain book “Extreme Deadly Creatures.” (Yes, we have some interesting reading taste in our house.) She was perfectly content — until her older sister decided to count her money. This led to a comparison of how much … Continue reading
Learning to Be Content Series
We’re having vacation envy around our house. My girls’ best friends just found out they’re going to Orlando to go to Universal Studios in the fall, and my girls (and I) are struggling with jealousy. It’s not that we haven’t been to Orlando. We have. We’ve just never been to Universal Studios. And it’s been … Continue reading
Learning Not to Whine
We’re spending a couple of days with my extended family, so I’m taking a two-day break. The extended time we spend with our kids in the summer means whining and complaining are more noticeable. Enjoy this post from the archives on curbing complaining and don’t forget to enter the giveaway from Friday’s post. My children … Continue reading
Fostering Attitude Change
My youngest daughter is a glass half empty kind of girl. If something doesn’t go her way or is the least bit discouraging, she automatically jumps to the worst possible conclusion. If we have to postpone an activity for some reason, her response is often “Now, we’ll never get to go.” If she struggles with … Continue reading
Memory Monday: Change Your Attitude (Colossians 3:23)
We’re enjoying a few days of spring break as a family, so today and tomorrow, I’m rerunning some of my favorite posts. I’ll be back with new posts on Wednesday. I don’t like to cook dinner. Walking into my kitchen at 5 or 5:30 every evening and putting together a meal every night doesn’t appeal … Continue reading
Friday Introduction: The Power of a Positive Mom
We’ve been struggling with negative attitudes around here this month. I don’t know if it’s the onset of winter, the long Christmas break or a lack of sleep, but the complaining and always finding the negative in things is getting on my nerves. The final straw was when the answer to the question “How was … Continue reading
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