Letter to Your Child

My dear son (daughter), I am taking a chance and hoping you will set aside your anger long enough to read this letter.  Honey, I know you feel like I keep hounding for things you are doing.  Please, try to understand that I would never put you through any kind of pain...
The Perfectionist and the Prodigal

The Perfectionist and the Prodigal

Gene pool?  Birth order?  God’s design.  It’s a mystery, but our children are different in defining, beautiful ways.  One is a rule-follower and lives life as if there are no shades of gray.  The other thinks outside of the box and bends the...
The Perfectionist and the Prodigal

Directionally-Challenged

 In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.–Proverbs 16:9 (NIV) Maps were a mystery to me.  After all, I didn’t need to use one in the small farm town where I grew up.  But, Seattle was different.  Unfamiliar bridges, detours,...