Remembering Why We Are Free This Memorial Day

Silent echoes whisper with each whip of the wind beckoning another wave of the American flag. In almost whimsical fashion, she sashays proudly above the world, standing for truth, standing for freedom, standing for peace. Each star and each stripe a symbol of victory, a symbol of war, a symbol of lives lost fighting for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is never free. It always costs someone something. Often it costs someone everything. On Memorial Day we celebrate, we honor, we remember those who gave everything so that we could live in a country, free from tyranny, …

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Are Power Struggles Your Kryptonite?

  Are power struggles your kryptonite?  Kids are in it to win it, aren’t they? They are all in when it comes to fighting for their way. Power struggles are exhausting for the parent. Exhilarating to the child. It has helped me to understand why power struggles occur. Then I am better able to avoid my parent kryptonite. So WHY?  Just ‘cuz. Just ‘cuz that is how we are all wired. One of our most basic needs is the need for freedom and independence. We need opportunities to make decisions for ourselves. Of course as parents  we know our end goal …

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Released: 30 Days to Stand for Freedom

Released: Christmas for ALL children

Moms have a heart for children at Christmastime. It inspires us to fill Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes for Samaritan’s Purse, to give Angel Tree gifts for children with parents in prison, and to stretch our days and our dollars for our own children. Mothers long for kids to feel God’s love through His manger-born Son at Christmastime. But what about the children no one is taking care of? What about the children who have been bought, sold, or traded this year? Recent reports tell us 29.8 million people around the world are enslaved or exploited. This number includes a …

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A Mother’s Heart…All the Empty Chairs

This is my post to recognize and honor those who have given their lives, standing in harm’s way, that we all might live in freedom… Memorial Day… …originally known as Decoration Day as it was a day to honor the Civil War dead by decorating their graves. First observed on May 30, 1868 by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. Part of his proclamation says… “What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead, who made their …

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