A Girl, a Dog and a Sled

“You’ve got to work with a horse not against him,” said with a thick, butchered, Australian accent. It’s the favorite quote around our house, and it comes from the movie The Man From Snowy River.

Love in the Midst of Conflict

Parenting inevitably involves conflict.

Helping young adults learn to govern themselves taxes the character of the parent.

Esmeralda the Young, was grounded from the one thing she loved most– reading. The arguing really pushed her mother, Lilith the Lovely, over the edge.

You, daughter, are an eternal being in whom God dwells and delights.

I remember when “it” first came up. We were in the chicken coop collecting eggs. A rooster jumped on the back of a hen, and my tenderhearted first grader whacked him with a stick. “He’s hurting her,” she explained. “Um, not exactly,” I stammered.

Children and Technology? Asking the Questions

Things got a little slap happy in the Borgo home this week. We’ve now completed our first week of Christmas vacation and I have to admit if I hear one more person argue I may slap Santa Clause myself.

Solitude in the Season -- Quiet, Alone, Private Time with God

It’s a little chilly here in Colorado these days. The deciduous trees have lost their leaves, as always the pines hold on for all their worth. The noise of spring and summer babies has quieted in the coolness of autumn.

In Search of Celebration

Of all the disciplines I’ve practiced over the years Celebration is the one I have struggled with the most. Celebration often begins with gratefulness, which leads to joy and when done right carries over into a jig.

Do Children Lament?

I have a friend who is twelve. His whole life has been a series of surgeries to correct a painful physical condition. He has never known a day without pain.

I hear children complain all the time.

“We never get to buy the candy in the check out line.”