Your Wife Wishes You Knew This: Top 3 Things

What are the top 3 things your wife wishes you knew? In case you want to ask her, here’s a place to start. David making me laugh as usual. #1 Listen to the people you love.  #2 Remember marriage and family are about redemption. #3 Cherish your people today...

Pinterest: An Interview Where I Least Expect It!

So, this week when I ran through my Pinterest notifications, I found this one! Yes, my book is on someone else’s Pinterest page. Wow! Silly I know, but can I just pause and be amazed. I found my book on someone else’s Pinterest page. Pretty cool! Pinterest...

Healthy Ambition: Sparking Self-motivation in Kids

People often think of ambition as a bad thing. Maybe it is when ambition seeks to collect fancy toys, like hotrod cars and mink coats.  Hanging out with some folks I love. But what about all the men and women we know who are ambitious because they want to provide...

The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Nation’s Misspent Vocabulary

Women’s Fund Executive Director Zoe Lawhorn, let me write whatever I wanted to. Now, there’s an irresistible invitation for any writer! I called it, The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Misspent Vocabulary. Women’s Fund of Smith County...

Mother-in-law, Daughter-in-law, Mentoring: Relationships Can Go Right

I couldn’t wait to interview family expert Deb DeArmond. But what to ask her first? We chose to focus on the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship.  Author, Speaker, and Life Coach Deb DeArmond with husband, Ron. Deb packed this episode with wisdom from her...

Family Fatigue: Building Back Better Families with Deb DeArmond

Got “family fatigue”? With the holidays over, we all know family fatigue is real. I wish I’d coined the phrase, family fatigue. But I borrowed it from a wise friend. I thought I’d find family fatigue all over the internet. But maybe my friend invented it. Just in...