Enjoy today’s guest post… Andy Earle is a researcher who studies parent-teen communication and adolescent risk behaviors. He is the co-founder of talkingtoteens.com and host of the Talking to Teens podcast, a free weekly talk show for parents of teenagers. As an extraverted parent, it can be a bummer when trying to engage with your […]
I accompanied my daughter to my little grand-baby’s Mommy & Me swim class. At the end of class, which took place in conjunction with older kids classes, as Monica and Jacob were drying off we overheard a mom talking to one of the swim instructors. Concerned Mom: “Well…um…you see…since his vision is impaired it is […]
Recently, my husband and I spoke at a conference for parents of teens. Being a parent is no easy mission. Parenting is hard—the hardest job I’ve ever done. And when you have a teenager, it’s like parenting on steroids. At this conference, we asked the parents to write out questions they had. One common question […]
Friends, I am so excited to share this week’s post. Brought back by popular vote is another article written by my daughter. Her post titled Prepare For Poop: Confessions from a New Mom was LOVED. In fact, I arrived to speak at a retreat and the ladies were talking about my blog–but NOT a post […]
Friends, In honor of Father’s Day we have a special treat for you here at Lu Says: A guest post by my son-in-law, Kyle Welch. Kyle is a pastor, writer, speaker, as well as, a superb-awesome-excellent husband and dad. I’m just a tad proud of him, can you tell? Enjoy this special treat, and please follow […]
A picture tells a thousand words…the above is a picture of the bathroom my kids used while growing up. It also doubled as my guest bathroom. It has clearly suffered its wear and tear. The chip in the tank lid was from my youngest son. When he was a kid, he would hold his breath […]
Please come in – It’s 7:30 p.m. in the Williams home. Mike and I are both kicking back on our sofa—each reading a book. It’s peaceful. Very peaceful. It’s quite relaxing. It’s quiet. My mind wanders to what 7:30 p.m. looked like when my kids were little. I definitely wasn’t reading a book! Today, at […]
As the wife of a children’s pastor I see a trend in our churches today, which grieves me greatly. Not only are kids, once they reach adulthood, walking away from the church—in staggering numbers—I fear that we are teaching our children to be consumer Christians. How are we doing this? When we use the church […]
What does success look like to you? I recently watched a video, which for me, depicted my picture of success. I don’t remember the details clearly so allow me to give you my version of it. Start story: There are four older ladies, grandmas if you will, (I’m clearing my throat because I’m a grandma […]
“I was the best mother I knew how to be,” said Sue Klebold on a recent TV interview. Sue Klebold, mother of Dylan Klebold, Columbine shooter, is speaking out after seventeen years since that fatal day on April 20, 1999. We all watched in horror and asked ourselves, “How could this happen?” How does a […]
