JoshNov 18, 20184 min read10 gifts from your childhood still worth it todayThis post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here. I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet. But with the...
JoshNov 9, 20186 min read15 ways International Adoptive parents can prepare for adoptive lifeThree years ago this month (Nov 2015) my wife and I brought our son home from Ethiopia. At that point we had already gone through 4...
JoshNov 6, 20186 min read5 life lesson I learned from international adoptionIt's hard to believe that it has been 3 years since my wife and I brought our son home from Ethiopia (we brought him home in Nov of...
JoshNov 3, 20187 min readHow self reflection can help your marriageI am a passive, procrastinating introvert. Inside my head is the brain of an engineer competing for time with the creativity of an...
JoshOct 31, 20188 min read4 harmful ways uninvolved parenting impacts family lifeI walked through the concept of uninvolved parenting in depth when I talked about the new trend that uninvolved parenting is. As I was...
JoshOct 26, 20185 min readThe Dangerous New Trend of Uninvolved ParentingThe two Extremes of Parenting Many of us have probably heard the term “helicopter parent”. These are the moms and dads whom micromanage...
JoshOct 21, 20189 min read11 fascinating ways kids and media have changed and what parents can doTechnology has come a long way in the years since I was a kid. I remember my dad bringing home our first computer (an IBM). It took...
JoshOct 19, 20185 min read"Two Things" for an Organized LifeLast week I wrote a blog about finding my "two things" (read that blog here). This was an idea from the Chip Gaines' book Capital...
JoshOct 6, 20186 min readMy two Things (Lessons from Chip Gaines)Jack of all trades but master of none. I think that phrase defines me rather well. I can pick most things up quickly (unless it's...
JoshSep 15, 20184 min readMarriage won't fix your problems (But it will put them nicely on display) Would you believe me if I told you that most people don’t really care about you or the problems you are going through? Maybe it's not...