Proactively addressing stressful money issues with your family
Have you ever had a family member or close friend come to you repeatedly needing just one more, “temporary loan”? If so, you may want to use this letter as a template.
Some basic thoughts on manhood: singleness
Rarely addressed subject: Are single men real men?
Three leadership traits that never go out of style
“None of the leadership lessons that I have learned, unlearned, or relearned ever since have left as indelible an impact as the ones I learnt as a child. Three, in particular, stand out.”
A Strange Grief
A father mourns for his daughter recently departed to college. And here a Mom anticipates the same with a son.
6 things I do to be consistently happy
Happiness => Creativity and productivity.
What Todd Akin should have said about Abortion and Rape
This is a really tough one, but Trevin does about as well as is possible.
Thanks for the links regarding leaving a child at college. We just experienced this for the first time and it is a “strange grief.”
Enjoyed your own post too, Chris. May God comfort you and all like you!
Thanks for the link to the father’s experience. My dear husband is very stoic about such things, but I know that it is definitely affecting him, too. My son informs me that I may be weepy for 20 minutes, and then I may have “celebratory remodelling” of his bedroom.
They know us too well!
I’m past the ‘leaving for college’ stage but tell friends who complain, that they should be grateful if they are on the same continent. I have one in South America and one in Kenya. My ‘baby’ who sometimes seems more mature than I am, tells me, ” Mom ,you should be so thankful for email and Skype. Missionaries weren’t able to keep in touch with their families regularly in the past.” We are indeed blessed with the technology we have these days.
Good perspective, Flora.