EDUCATION/LIFE SKILLS

I started this blog to share thoughts on small-town life, faith-based parenting, and other essential things.

My posts are featured weekly in two Louisiana newspapers:

The Enterprise & Interstate Progress--Mansfield and The Coushatta Citizen--Coushatta.

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4 DECISIONS TO MAKE ABOUT ALLOWANCE AND CHORES FOR KIDS

Should I give my kids an allowance? How much should it be? Should they do chores to get their allowance? So many questions, but what are...

FROM MORTAL ENEMY TO MILDLY IRRITATING

My oldest really didn’t like girls very much when he was a young man. Girls were bossy, didn’t like to get dirty, and complained a lot. ...

MY MOM DOESN'T MIND-SHE TELLS ME SO ALL THE TIME

I think as parents it’s hard sometimes for us to determine when our kids are old enough to make their beds, tie their shoes, clean their...

IS SOME BETTER THAN NONE?

I love my friend Cindy-I truly do. She is amazing and fantastic and wonderful. The fact that she would tell you that’s not true just...

CAPTURING TIME IN A BOOK

When my kids were little I made a gazillion scrapbooks of them. Okay, I’m not solid on the exact number of albums, but it was a lot. ...

JESUS IN THE DRIVE THRU

Does anyone out there do a regular family worship? We did off and on when the boys were young. I’ll admit-as they got older and into...

YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW MOM!

In 2006 my boys and I were standing in a terminal at Dallas Fort Worth Airport waiting on an airplane. The passengers were strangers to...

TREASURES AT THE FRONT DOOR

I took my kids to the park almost every week-it was free, it was a great way to run off energy, and it was more interesting than the...

TRAPPING YOUR KID IN THE CAR ISN'T AGAINST THE LAW IN 49 STATES

When children are young they want to tell you all about their lives. Unfortunately their lives aren’t all that interesting and you’ve...

TO GOSSIP OR NOT-THAT IS THE QUESTION

My friend Julie sat by me at the Wednesday night church dinner. “I don’t mean to gossip,” she began, “But did you hear the Campbells are...