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Spirited Child
Why Can’t I?: Living with ADHD
image source by Leeroy This is a post that I wrote January 2012. I share it again for those of you living with a spirited child or a child with ADHD. It is hard. But know you are not alone. In the past few weeks, I have visited a few homes for playdates and the holidays. Many of these homes have children around our ...
How My Expectations Nearly Ruined My Family
After several months of reflection, soul searching, seeking wisdom, and praying, I have finally come to the root of the problem. But before I share what I learned, let me give some background. Preparation We were married for six years before Bubs was born. In my mind, we had done everything we needed to be a happy family. The six ...
Wisdom Learning from Raising Little Man: Teaching a Child Self-Control
About a year and a half ago we created a mental list of six things we wanted to try to possibly help Little Man. We heard stories of kiddos doing "x" and how it tremendously helped the child. For the last eight months we have been "trying" the final option on our list: Tae Kwon Do (after the first five failed to provide the ...
Wisdom Learned from Raising Little Man: Teaching a Child First-Time Obedience
To being our new series "Impressing Jesus on Them," I am sharing wisdom learned from raising our third child. Little Man. Those two words bring up so much emotion. A little boy whose notorious stories and amazing conversations skills cause people to flock to him. A child who within seconds can take me from the highest of joy to ...
Guest Post: Sometimes We Need Them More
source Going along with the "Welcome to Our Story" posts from this week, this is a post by a precious friend of mine. She shares so well life with her "Little Man." At the prompting of a dear friend, I'm going to write about a lesson I've recently learned. It seems I've had my thinking a bit backwards... You see, I have a child who has rocked ...
Welcome to Our Story: An Update #2
Yesterday I updated you on Bubs' diagnosis-filled story along with Sweet Pea's. Today I want to fill you in on Little Man and Peanut. Let's start with the "easy" one. Peanut The baby of the family is now 2 1/2. As much as it breaks my heart, we don't have a baby anymore. (When people tell you it goes fast, they aren't kidding.) He is ...
Surgery Success or Failure?
He met me at the door with "I am wetting, Mommy." I looked at the soaked bedsheets from the night before and my shoulders slumped. This fell on the hills of a horrible report from church the day before. The teacher didn't call me to come get him just because she wanted to give me a full break without the kiddos. (God ...
Could One Thing Fix Our Child’s Impulse Control Issues?
Pin It For quite a while, I have been praying for a miracle. Something that will help Little Man with impulse control. We realized a while back that we can't discipline Little Man into control. In his heart-of-hearts, he truly wants to obey. But something in him is causing him to choose the wrong over the right. After an ADHD ...
What is it Going to Take?
Some of the reason why my stress level is elevated has to do with our third blessing. This precious three-year-old is absolutely adorable. (There is a reason why God made him so cute.) But Little Man is trying every patient strand that I have left. Here's some background: If you have followed this blog long, you know that Bubs (our eldest ...