[from the archives] “You can blog about how I ate FIVE strips of steak, Mommy!” Lizzy recommended enthusiastically as she finished off her fifth piece. We all burst out in laughter, and so did Lizzy. That’s very common at our house—laughter. So there you have it. I’ve blogged about Lizzy’s five strips of steak! The… Continue reading Provoking and Offense
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Getting More Specific
[from the archives] In my last blog post, I was talking about training my children to clean the kitchen in love together as a team. As I think more about my kids’ process of learning, I remember more about how it used to be as I dealt with their hearts in this area. Phillip was… Continue reading Getting More Specific
Predictable Response
[from the archives] Lizzy popped her head into my bedroom door and with a slight offended frown on her face she said, “There’s a dinner pot in the sink.” That might not make sense to you, but it made perfect sense to me because I know my children well, and I can read beneath the… Continue reading Predictable Response