by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 15, 2022 | Parenting
“I can’t tell my mom that. She’ll freak out.” It’s the thing kids say when we’re talking about hard things. My hope as a counselor or speaker is that kids will take the hardest things in their lives to their parents. But hearing...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Oct 25, 2020 | Parenting
“As the leader goes, so goes the nation”– a familiar saying I was reminded of while teaching a junior high Sunday School class. We were discussing good leadership during a lesson on Moses. I was honored to be among a wise group of kids. The compiled list of...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 6, 2019 | Fledge, Parenting
It’s 5:47 am. Like most days in our crazy, full life, I realize something big’s on the horizon, but I’ve been preoccupied with living life to realize the significance of certain days. We’ve got a quick shopping day for our college student...
by Brenda L. Yoder | May 24, 2019 | Fledge, Parenting
I’m the mom of a high school senior. For the fourth time. My last time. Being an experienced parent doesn’t lessen the emotions that come from reading a simple letter from the high school listing the end of year graduation activities. A letter that makes you cry...
by Brenda L. Yoder | May 3, 2019 | Parenting
This month I’m living out of all what Fledge is about. Raising. Releasing. And the end of parenting kids in childhood. As my youngest received several scholarship and leadership awards, along with being a valedictorian and class president, there was a feeling of...
