Kids are finishing up another year of school. Baseball season is well underway. Yards can’t be mowed and trimmed fast enough. And most days the relative humidity in Baton Rouge is now hovering around 137% or so. Summer time must be upon us! In the next few weeks, I will Read more…
Well, here we are. The final installment of my Process of Parenting series. And we get to end on such a wonderful note – encouraging our kids! Before we move into my thoughts on how best to encourage our kids throughout their life journey, and why this is so important, Read more…
I’m wiped out tonight as I write this post. Ever have one of those weeks (or months or years) where you are just spent, but you know you have so much more to do in the coming days? Yeah – that’s where I am. It’s a good weary, though. I Read more…
After wanting to do this for a long time, my wife and I were finally able to get new counter tops in our bathrooms this week. To save some money, I decided to tackle the chore of disconnecting the plumbing and tearing out the old counter tops and sinks myself. Read more…
Recently, as I was reading the Well Spring trilogy by James Rubart (given to me by a particularly thoughtful and kind client of mine), I was reminded of the spiritual power of the names we take on along this journey of life. Some are given to us. Some we place Read more…
If you are anything like me, you love the joy of sharing Christmas gifts. The searching. The buying. The hiding. The wrapping. The anticipation. The unwrapping. The smiles. There is just something special about Christmas presents. It’s fun to get them. It’s fun to give them. When it goes well, Read more…
“This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.” (Bull Durham) The coach’s admonition to his players in this offbeat baseball film is true, isn’t it? Baseball really is a simple game. Throwing. Catching. Hitting. Running. Simple stuff – right? And yet, Read more…
Just by seeing this image, many of you will know immediately the music video my son has repeatedly used to torment me asked me to watch with him. “Why,” you may ask, “would a reasonable man such as yourself willingly allow his senses to be so mistreated by a loved Read more…
I wrote the following post a couple of years ago in a series entitled “Having the Tough Talks.” At that time, I had not yet begun the sex conversation with my own son. We have recently crossed that bridge, so I thought it appropriate to re-post this one with some Read more…
The picture above is my soon-to-be nine year old son, joyfully taking out the trash on our last day of Thanksgiving vacation at the beach. I was going to take it out, but he stopped me and asked if he could do it…by himself, of course! My wife and I Read more…