I mentioned here that Gabe has a little bit of anxierty about sleeping away from home. This year, we really have encouraged him to get out of his comfort zone and participate in some overnight trips. He went successfully to his … Continue reading
So this year Gabe starts high school. He has had lots of transitions academically over the past few years, and has done very well. When I first met him, he was in grade 4 and not doing so hot. I … Continue reading
With all the kids being off this week with their other parent, we won’t be doing a weekly quote during family night. However, I thought I would just share something that really touched me that I read on our program … Continue reading
I was so saddened to hear about the death of Stephen Covey a couple of weeks ago. I remember seeing him speak when I was much younger and being so impressed. Then over the years I have read some of … Continue reading
As our kids get older, I find I’m hearing Rob say a lot, “Let’s try to make this into a teaching moment too” when something, or usually, someone, gets into a little bit of hot water. I guess sometimes my … Continue reading
One of my favorite uses of Facebook is to see all the great quotes people post! This one caught my eye the other day: “A bad attitude is like a flat tire. You can’t go anywhere until you change it”. … Continue reading
“Come to the edge.”“We can’t . We’re afraid.”“Come to edge.”“We can’t. We will fall!”“Come to the edge.”And they came.And he pushed them.And they flew. Every adult has some hangups. Likely, these hangups started when they were kids, and they were … Continue reading
I got an email yesterday that made me sad. However, I wasn’t at all surprised. It was an email that confirmed something I had already known. It was an email from the wife of one of my previous clients. She … Continue reading
For our third date, Rob and I were exchanging emails trying to figure out when we could meet to go for a bike ride. It was getting rather complicated by email, so I said to call me. I would be … Continue reading
“Stop it”Dieter F. Uchtdorf There is a very funny skit from Bob Newhart that you can see here called “Stop it”. The skit shows a woman coming to Bob, who is presumably a therapist of some sort. He is there … Continue reading