The boy that broke my heart
Filed in Teenagers, April 24, 2008, 8:02 am by ValerieThe boy that broke my heart I’ve had plenty of boys, even men if you will; break my heart over the years. The first one was probably my father, when I was around nine. I won’t go into details here, because people who know my parents read this, but it’s true, and the hurt was [...]
Credentials, please!
Filed in Business,Parenting,Parenting with Peace, April 15, 2008, 7:31 am by ValerieI am often asked what my credentials are. What makes me qualified to be a parenting consultant? What special skills or experience do I have that makes me equipped to tell other people how to parent? I’ll answer those questions in a minute, but first let’s get to another question, which as a society we [...]
Parenting is a Ministry
Filed in Business,Christianity,Parenting,Parenting with Peace, April 11, 2008, 9:45 am by ValerieI touch briefly on this topic in the “about Val” page, but I’d like to expand on it further. When I started my business, one of my core beliefs was that we are all called to ministry. If you are a parent, one of the ministries you have been called to is serving the people [...]
Being the man
Filed in Christianity,Marriage, April 2, 2008, 2:13 pm by ValerieI’m going to be throwing out some gender stereotypes here, so everyone prepare to be offended. Lately, in our house, I have gotten to be “the man”. Business is really picking up, and I have been working a lot of hours, including a few weekends. I have to give kudos to my dear hubby, who [...]
