I QUIT
Filed in Family,Frustration,Parenting, March 25, 2008, 12:35 pm by ValerieI QUIT I’m formally resigning from my job as “the person who must know/do all/keep track of everything for everybody else”. I am not responsible for your school papers, making sure you do this, that, or the other. I absolve myself of the responsibility of answering questions to which I don’t and can’t possibly know [...]
A letter to my son
Filed in Teenagers, March 17, 2008, 8:33 am by ValerieOver the last two years, I have looked at my son and often desired to write a letter to him about what I am thinking and feeling about what is going on in his life. I don’t wish for him to read them now, I want to save them for his adulthood, hopefully for the [...]
What a Christian woman really is
Filed in Christianity,Marriage, March 11, 2008, 2:06 pm by ValerieThanks Rhonda, for passing this on to me. Corey….this is for you, for being shocked at my duplicity. A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.” When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not shouting “I’m clean livin’” I’m whispering “I [...]
In Whose Image
Filed in Christianity,Family,Parenting, March 5, 2008, 1:48 pm by ValerieI thought I should start out by saying that the D and F of aforementioned grades are gone. We are currently at 2 A’s, 3 B’s, and 3 C’s. The kids and I were talking the other day about which one looks like which parent, who acts like which parent, and traits and characteristics in [...]