CintheHood

We're in the process of looking for a new counselor for my son, since the one we've been seeing for the past 9 months is not much help, plus he has been very sickly lately (it's been a month since...

I had to wake my son up at 6am. He still wouldn't get out of the house before 7:15am. Needless to say, I was ticked...I tried doing right by him & he doesn't seem to be making an effort on his part....

Ok, so maybe I was being presumptious thinking that my son was "punishing" me by being late for school.  It turns out that he actually overslept!  (His light was on, so I thought he was awake.  I...

Yesterday, my son was done with his homework.  I asked him to please put away the dishes, and he would not because he wanted to go on the Internet.  He asked if I could help.  I said I would, if...

All I want today is to have one complete normal conversation with my son.  No arguing.  No name-calling.  No swearing.  No yelling.  If I ask an innocuous question, just to get a normal...

 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a...

 Questions to ask ourselves: - What do we tell ourselves?- How do we rationalize our actions?- What does this reveal about our hearts?- Ask ourselves why we make certain choices.- Define: what...

 This isn't the worst day I've ever had, but it's been kind of a frustrating one, so I'm gonna vent! - big traffic back-up on the connector, due to a key traffic light being on the fritz- so I get...

 I was reflecting on my sister's criticism this afternoon about how I was dressed on Christmas Eve & then it hit me: here she is criticizing how I look when her house was absolutely filthy! (Note...

 Ever since Christmas, I haven't been able to get my sister's comments out of my head. Yes, I know I should detach. Yes, I know it's coming out of "who she is" and not what I am. Yes, I know it is...

Just a quick check-in. Had dinner with the family; kids went to a youth group party; went & saw "The Descendants" with my husband. Good movie; heavy language, though. Bring tissues!

 So, in anticipation of the new year, I've glanced over my journal entries of 2011. What were my goals? Did I meet them? Have I learned anything this year? What should my goals be for 2012? Last...

 Well, Christmas went well for the most part. I wouldn't say any part was a "disaster". Both my son (despite his horrifying nastiness on Christmas Eve day) and my mom (despite her efforts to "bait"...

Have a merry Christmas, my friends, if I don't get a chance to write before Sunday.  May we all experience improved physical, emotional and relational health in 2012!

 Another call from a teacher (Chemistry): no homework done, no labs done, no projects done. Despite that fact that he told me TO MY FACE that he did them. It's bad enough that he doesn't do the...