Comments on: On Being Brave

By: Jenni D.

Jenni D. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:32:47 +0000

“I thought about how parenting is this constant challenge of trying to decide when to push and when to back off.” Man. Truer words were never written.

By: Iota

Iota — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:23:02 +0000

You need to practise the being brave and being scared thing as a child, because you have to do so much of it when you get to be a parent and you need the experience.

By: mary

mary — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:29:05 +0000

And then…..they get older….and they still have to work at walking the fine line of brave/scared….17yoDD called me after school in tears because she volunteered to read her report in front of the class and she did not do well and got poor marks. Alligator tears even at 17!!!

By: Angela Nazworth

Angela Nazworth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:48:21 +0000

Very sweet and true…I giggled at the part where he had something to ask of Santa even tho he doesn’t believe in him…my daughter likes to cover her bases as well…although she’s the type who likes to sing in front of a large audience…she volunteered to sing a solo at my mom’s church on Sunday

By: Birdie

Birdie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:14:03 +0000

Oh, so true.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:29:50 +0000

Well said.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:49:51 +0000

I loved reading this post, not only did we get a slice your lives, but I think we all learned– or re-learned a lesson.
To keep still and only shrug your shoulders– that was powerful to read–
I love how the two of you work as a team to parent the best way you can!
That last line needs to be a T-shirt or bumper sticker–

By: rrmama

rrmama — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:10:25 +0000

You are such a wonderful mom AM!!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:01:20 +0000

I think that’s half the reason why we have Daddies in our babies lives – I would possibly never push or punish my son, but my husband does a great job being firm.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:05:08 +0000

I often wished for a great big tome with every little question indexed with appropriate answer in an easy to use format. Unfortunately, I never did find one of those and consequently got it wrong far too many times. But they are all grown up and amazing adults. I have found that God’s grace covers a multitude of …..well you know.