ELEMENTARY

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.

I'm so glad you've stopped by! Please take time to comment and let me know how you're doing.

Don't Try To Impress the Pastor

Have you ever heard of VeggieTales? It’s extremely important to the story, so I’d better give a quick explanation. VeggieTales is an...

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...

INSIDE THE INSIDE JOKES

Family stories are the lifeblood of our get togethers. When the conversation lags, someone will say, “Do you remember the time…..” We...

HOW TO FIND THE BEST BABYSITTER

I was very blessed in that my parents lived forty-five minutes away and loved to watch our kids. But because they lived so far away, the...

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. ...

OUR FAMILY DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BIBLES!

I was teaching Sunday School to the first and second graders, including my oldest child. This is the age where I personally like to get...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT ALL

My youngest was in Cub Scouts so we met weekly at his Den Leader’s house to have our meetings. His leader Tammy’s son Evan was a friend...

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...

WHEN IS A MOTORCYCLE BETTER THAN DISNEY WORLD?

We scrimped (whatever that means) and saved and with quite a bit of help from our parents, we were finally taking our kids to Disney...

WINGING VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

I was asked to be the Vacation Bible School (VBS) director for our church one summer. I got the name of the curriculum publisher,...