by Brenda L. Yoder | Jan 9, 2013 | Faith
Scene 1: A call from Teen Now Driving “Mom, I’m filling the van up with gas, but the gas just goes for a little bit and then stops.” Mother asks questions, questions, and more questions, but doesn’t have the right solution. “You need...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Dec 19, 2012 | Faith
I work with many young men and women who have absentee fathers. Some don’t know who their fathers are. Some have fathers in jail. Some have fathers who prioritize their “new” family. And some have fathers who just don’t come around. The...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Dec 8, 2012 | Faith
Today is one of the lasts of the lasts. I celebrated my youngest’ thirteenth birthday. One of the milestones of lasts. The last child to leave childhood. The last child to become a teenager. I was teaching child development and parenting to freshman girls when...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Nov 19, 2012 | Faith
This morning I wrote notes to two of my kids. Though I was tempted to rush to the next task on my list, I was reminded that the years are quickly fading, and today they needed to hear a few things. They needed to hear I’m proud of them. There are things my...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Nov 17, 2012 | Faith
There is nothing inspirational in this post. You can read yesterday’s post for that. Pure embarrassment today, a day in the Life Beyond the Picket Fence. Yep, that’s our dog. We don’t need to buy doggie toys here on the boy farm because she finds...
