People Are More Important Than Things
My second son, Edan, is very conscientious about his things. As an orderly and organized person, he tends to keep track of his belongings, and…
Category: Character
Character, Character Building, Discipline, Father, God, Love, motherhood, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships
Disciplining Children Revisited
This is a follow-up article to the one I wrote on disciplining my 1-year old daughter, Catalina, which resulted in some eyebrow raising because I…
Make Time to Teach Character
It’s a challenge to hold Titus’ attention. I suppose this comes with being a more physical child whose hands are perpetually itching to do…
Can You Flex?
After the kids have their basketball trainings, they are wiped out and mad hungry. It’s been a little more expensive to feed our sons these…
A Trait All Gentlemen Should Have
Having three sons offers Edric and I many opportunities to learn about what boys are like and how they develop into men. One thing is…
Disciplining A Little Fireball With Love
My fifth child, Catalina, was my first child to display her relentlessness and fighting spirit so early on in her life. At times I…
A Good Run With My Good “Pusher”
Edric got me to run in a 21K “fun” run yesterday. I know there may be readers out there who have done real marathons and…
Bible, Character, Character Building, Education, Homeschool, Learning Environment, motherhood, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships
Dealing With Meltdowns
When my kids have their once-in-a-while “meltdowns” during our homeschooling, I am faced with two options. The first is to be annoyed, which is a…
Character, Character Building, Christianity, Education, God, Homeschool, motherhood, Parenting, Thoughts
Do We Really Need to Be Stressed?
My older sons were de-motivated at the beginning of the morning. When they looked over the homeschool work they had to get done, they sulked…
What Dog Are You Feeding?
I blew it in the car, on the way to a Christmas dinner with friends. Edric didn’t remember a discussion and agreement we had and…
Respond With Grace
It’s unusual for our driver not to pick up our calls. However, last night, after a dinner in Tao Yuan, Resorts World, he was unreachable….
