Go S.L.O.W. with your Children
Years ago I listened to a parenting audio and was recently reminded of it. Since I remember loving it, I decided to pull it out and listen to it again. The speaker shared at acronym that helped us remember how SLOW down and be a better parent. Below are some of the principles I loved from it. Serve Them As parents we serve our children from the minute they are born. We take care of their physical needs (feed, clothe, bathe, shelter), help them with chores and homework, give them rides to and from places, and do all kinds of other things for them. Another part of serving is teaching…
5 Tips for a Stronger Marriage
Jonathan and I have been married for almost 18 years. We’ve had our ups and downs (as all marriages do) but we have grown more in love every year. It’s hard to even think that we could love each other more than when we first got married, but that was just a drop in the bucket compared to now. We’ve grown in so many ways and through the years have created a pretty good marriage. Having a strong, healthy relationship takes work and means doing a few things consistently. You can have a successful relationship by following just a few simple tips. Here are 5 relationship tips anyone can follow: …
25 Ways to Show Love
It’s a basic human need to love and be loved. And everyone has a primary way of showing and receiving love. Like spoken languages, we all have a love language—a language we “speak” to show affection. Gary Chapman has written a book all about the different languages of love called “The Five Love Languages”. It is a must read for anyone looking to win at the game of relationships. Gary believes that there are 5 ways people communicate love—Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Giving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. He says that typically a person will express love the same way he receives love. There’s a story of…
