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An Imprinting of Love: How to Be Gentle With Your Kids and Yourself (at the Spiritual Parent)

I was nine when we moved from our small New England town to the suburban sprawl of Colorado Springs. Everything was bigger there. The houses, the churches, the mountains, somehow even God was larger, more real, more present. Christianity had been an important part of our family culture before, but now it took center stage.Continue reading “An Imprinting of Love: How to Be Gentle With Your Kids and Yourself (at the Spiritual Parent)”

let them lead us

We waited nearly an hour fidgeting with phones rehearsing answers wearily at attention to the future While we inched forward the children wasted no time organizing themselves learning names and giggling games I wondered what they thought of us (probably nothing) civically queuing to solve the BIG PROBLEMS with one silent push of a buttonContinue reading “let them lead us”