Tag: FAMILY
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Broken relationships
It’s really hard for a connector and relationship person like myself to walk in ongoing broken relationships, especially when it comes to family. We are in 90 of a separation from extremely dear family members and it really hurts. I wake up some mornings and wonder how how we got there? What were the causes…
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Broken relationships
It’s really hard for a connector and relationship person like myself to walk in ongoing broken relationships, especially when it comes to family. We are in 90 of a separation from extremely dear family members and it really hurts. I wake up some mornings and wonder how how we got there? What were the causes…
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Avoid burnout by creating capacity.
We all know that burn out in bitterness and stress, and the grief of life is ever present… What are you doing to prevent burn out and bitterness in your own life? Can you live of rest and sabbath and distressing that creates good capacity so that when you’re hit by something hard, you are…
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Family implosion… The conclusion
When your family blows up for no fault to your own, what you do as a parent? When the problems and concerns becomes so chronic that people begin to fight… Then part ways… It becomes critical mass. That’s when restoration and the process of recognizing what’s happening is critical. Forgiveness is critical. Process is critical.…
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Family, drama and heartbreak part #1.
Every family has at some point a big heartbreak or dividing point. Ours is no different… The content of the heartbreak is not what I want to address… It’s the process in which we address and go through the heartbreak that is key here It all started with gossip and backdoor communication and not going…
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Blindsiding hurt
We have all experienced some like this… Someone that we were close to completely turns on us and cuts off the relationship for reasons, unknown… The classic blindside… Super, super hurtful! This happened to us! Our adult kids felt like there were some issues and sent us a text and ask for no more communication…
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Adult children at home.
Pretty sure that even before Covid there were people living at home longer than the age of 18 like when we were kids! Seems like that number has edged up with time. We are no different as we have three adults still living at home ages 19, 22, and 27. Mostly, it’s a cool thing.…
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Sometimes we tell a story.
One of my pastor, Jason asked about how I was as a grandfather I answered him with a depreciated version of who I really am as a grandfather. I think sometimes we downplay ourselves without knowing it. We often depreciate deprecation, who we really are in different roles in our lives. In this case, grandfathering……
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Transitioning home from vacation
We recently took a long overdue 10 day vacation to Medford, Boise, and Bend, Oregon. It was all amazing! Kids, grandkids, sightseeing, food, drink, and so much more! The anticipated consequence was coming back to utter life and business loss of momentum! Meaning that as I got back, I had to regroup and recoup and…