In our imperfect world with our imperfect parenting, we won’t always get it right. Our conversations are far from Mary Poppins’ spoonful of sugar. Parenting fails are expected. However, every time we do it wrong (which we will) we have a chance to ask for forgiveness and start over. Each day is a new start and opportunity to plant new seeds.
Character adds beauty and enhances our home. Teaching our children character requires us to change ours.
It’s not about your living arrangement, but rather, how you are arranging your living. In this parenting series, we want to talk about HOME IMPROVEMENT. Our hope is that we don’t just make external improvements (new paint, decorations, renovations, landscaping), but that we look at the issues that were revealed during COVID and relearn how to live our values at home.
What steals your parenting joy? A sink full of dirty dishes? Piles of laundry? An unexpected change in schedule? Your willful preschooler? Another lost or forgotten homework assignment? The smart-mouthed sass from your teenager? Monthly bills on top of the tuition and mortgage payments? Feeling too over-scheduled driving from A to B and back to A that you can’t even enjoy your family because you are so tired? Life is…
