Tag: Parenting

"I will always hold onto the memories. Of the little girl who wore the little clothes. The one who laughed and cried without abandon. The one who never hesitated to wrap her arms around my waist. I will always hold onto that little girl, even when there’s a big girl wrapped in my embrace."

"Their deaths have forever changed me and how I look at the world. In an odd way, it has made me a better parent."

"I accused them of happily draining the life out of me. I told them if I collapsed, they would probably just step over my lifeless body and keep going. One child stopped doing dishes and said, 'Wow, that is dark.' I had to chuckle inside."

"It serves as a warning—to children and to parents—of the very real dangers of online grooming."

"I want to teach my sons that it’s okay to doubt God, have questions and not completely understand everything God does. God is big enough to handle our doubts, our questions, and our concerns."

He should be ten years old now. "I share his story in hopes that no other family ever experiences the loss that we have."

Before you get all panicked that it's another one of those articles that tells you to ignore the dishes until tomorrow because babies grow up to our sorrow let me reassure you: it’s not.

"The parent who spares the rod does not only ruin the child, but also ruins a future relationship with the child."