by Deanna Young | Aug 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
When my kids were little and we would sit in church and they would get antsy and move around or talk a lot, we would say to them, “shhhhh! Be still.” I can remember my mom saying the same thing to my sister and me. I sometimes have trouble sitting or...
by Deanna Young | Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Toddlers. They think they can do everything themselves. They see older kids and adults doing it and they want to do it, too. And as parents or caretaking adults, we let them do it… until we can no longer take it and patience runs out and we have to help them....
by Deanna Young | Aug 16, 2016 | devotional, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Have you been watching the Olympics? WOW! Those athletes are so fit! Muscles galore! I think about all the training those athletes do – hours and hours day after day for years. They have to be so disciplined and then in just a short amount of time, those...
by Deanna Young | Aug 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. -F. Scott Fitzgerald This quote is taken from the new book by Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect – Leaving Behind...
by Deanna Young | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
When my sister was little, she was very attached to her pacifier even as a toddler. Mom tried to take it away and she was very insistent on keeping it. It was one of the old kind – the heavy rubbery kind. She loved to pull on the end while chomping down on...
