Be Time Creative
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You know, I keep on emphasizing this and hammering it home: it takes time, and be creative with your time. This is probably one of the last segments we’ll spend on this, but I want to give you two examples.
Look at flowers and... >Read More
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Not Another Divorce Statistic
I did not want to be another divorce statistic, but the numbers were not in our favor.
My husband Rudy is a bus driver and I work in dentistry - both careers that rank high in divorce statistics. We have a severely handicapped son. We struggled financially. My husband has been fighting depression for most of his life. My life... >Read More
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The Other Six Days
How well do you really know the people you see every day? Perhaps more pointedly, how well do they really know you? This short video clip gives us a brief window into the life of Iggy Thompson. His responses to the question "How are your other six days?" indicate that everything is really good. But even from the beginning... >Read More
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Understanding Cutting
My daughter cut herself for the first time when she was 12 years old. Today, 11 years later, she is still struggling to overcome this problem. At the time I knew absolutely nothing about "self-harm" and it scared me to death. I was shocked and bewildered that she would do such a thing. It’s important to understand cutting -... >Read More
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If Your Marriage was a Movie...
If your marriage was a movie, what would its title be? Would it be something exciting like an action movie, something tender like a romance, something funny like a comedy, or rather a more somber title like a drama? Likely no one genre can capture an particular marriage; it will at some point be all of the above, even... >Read More
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Heart Problems: A Dad Shaped Hole
Not every girl gets to be Daddy's little girl. Many are missing the father-daughter relationship that is so essential for any child to have. The following excerpt is from H. Norman Wright's A Dad-Shaped Hole in My Heart. Dads, see for yourself and learn how to help heal that 'dad-shaped hole' in your daughter's heart. Daughters or even sons,... >Read More
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Dads, Princesses and the Power of Woo
"Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous? Actually, who are you not to be?" - Marianne Williamson
I am standing in a crush of three-year-old pint-sized princesses. Surrounded by sparkling tiaras and frilly dresses, these little daubs of pink and purple are up way past their collective bed time. We giggle. We dance. We...... >Read More
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Happy Holidays
Christmas morning came early when three small children roamed our house. They... >more
Have a New Teenager by Friday
I truly believe that Leman’s “Have a New X by Friday” series... >more
What Do You Fear?
