by Jacque Sorenson | Apr 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you were giving life-affirming counsel to your children who were about to launch out on their own, in five words or less, what exactly would you want to tell them? How would you let them know of your confidence in their ability to grow and learn? How would you...
by Jacque Sorenson | Apr 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis. “If it would help you, and if it were possible, I would go down with you into hell; but you cannot bring hell into me, I cannot love a lie. I cannot love the thing which is...
by Jacque Sorenson | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I heard recently that there is a new push, to help parents, particularly mothers, to stop wondering what is wrong with them when they get burned out and can’t run as fast as they think they should, when often, they simply aren’t getting the rest they need...
by Jacque Sorenson | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I was watching a documentary on owls…yeah, I was a captive audience, not generally my speed. But I observed something that I think is worth noting as it applies to us as parents: For some reason, (that I didn’t catch) two baby owls were being raised by...
by Jacque Sorenson | Apr 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
There is a commercial on tv that is upsetting to me. It’s advertising a youth correction facility (I think) and after about 30 long seconds of watching and hearing two parents in a screaming match with a teenage girl, the advertisers ask, “Are you losing...
