With gratitude to my friend and Bible Study Leader, Mary Anderson — Parents think about thisbefore you try to change theGRANDPARENT role … My mom doesn’t do everything exactly the way I do. She feeds my children different foods, offers different drinks. They do different things together than we do at home. Sure, sometimes it…

“Become a what of my WHAT, Joe?!” Yeah — this is extra excellence from Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No matter how big or small your…

Along with a couple of friends, and interestingly enough my mother, I used to thoroughly enjoy Stephen Wright doing standup on TV. This list of some absolute gems attributed to him floats around the Internet regularly —- 1 – I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.2 – Borrow money from pessimists — they don’t expect…

Viktor Frankl. If you don’t know his hame, his story, or his work, take the time right now to google him and come on back right way for what Dr. John Delony shares from him — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like…

Quite a while ago someone wrote, “Point your kids in the right direction, and when they’re old they won’t be lost.” That’s Proverbs 22:6. More recently, Kathy Hougaard-Lively wrote this (as usual, the highlights are mine)—- As a child and adolescent therapist, I cringe when I see children in restaurants watching TV on their parents’…

COPIED Tom Waits —- “My kids are starting to notice I’m a little different from the other dads. ‘Why don’t you have a straight job like everyone else?’ they asked me the other day. I told them this story: In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight…

He’s been very helpful. Now let’s move forward with Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No matter how big or small your disappointment, give yourself permission to…

He’s not kidding. You and I both know Pity Parties and that they’re, well, here’s Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No matter how big or small…

Dr. John Delony says — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial. No matter how big or small your disappointment, give yourself permission to grieve what you’ve lost (or maybe…

Another helpful idea from Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No matter how big or small your disappointment, give yourself permission to grieve what you’ve lost (or…