10 Types of Toxic People and 4 Ways to Deal with Them

Toxic relationships. I’ve had a few. Have you? It brings to mind the saying, “Hurting people, hurt people.”  I try to recall this when poisonous behaviors enter my world.  Grace, yes  I can give that.  But… how do I avoid being personally affected? To be honest–that’s a challenge. I am a people-pleaser. I don’t like conflict. I like people to like me.  The Lord has placed me in God-Pleaser Bootcamp so I can recover from my people-pleaser tenancies. (I have not yet graduated. I’ve been in training quite awhile.)   He’s teaching me to discern between personal correction and issues …

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Fighting Teacher Trouble with the PTA

I hope you won’t have teacher trouble this year, but you might. The first conversations of the school year may come after looking at the class lists on school windows, opening mail, or signing up online. You and your kids might discover you’re assigned a teacher or coach you dread. Sweet mama-friend, you may be in for “teacher trouble.” Moms do their best to be positive and patient, letting the new school year get going, but we still might find we’re in for trouble. How can we take action and be godly at the same time? PRAY through teacher trouble …

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Mom Came In Like A Wrecking Ball

Sometimes I recall it in slow motion: Those moments when my kids are laughing, bantering back and forth about this and that, volume rising. A friendly debate ensues, and this mom sees it’s fixin’ to get nowhere fast, maybe even ugly. Then BAM, something inside me snaps, and I just want it to end. I don’t want the conflict, the arguing, the drama. There goes the wrecking ball, aka my tongue lashing, swooshing in to destroy the pettiness and pride. But whose going to destroy mine? “There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of …

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Parent-Teacher Conflicts

  Okay, it’s almost a month into the new school year and… the honeymoon is over. So… you have an issue with your child’s teacher. What are you going to do? Concern or conflict is never easy when our children involved. I’ve been on both sides of the desk. Most parents are reasonable and so are most teachers. Usually issues can be resolved amicably.   One mom told me her daughter said she was going to have to go to summer school because she wasn’t reading out of a particular book. The child was so distraught she didn’t want to go to school. Thankfully the …

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