by Jackie Bledsoe | Nov 18, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
This month we celebrated the birthdays of both of my sons. The oldest turned nine, and then a couple weeks later the youngest turned five. If you’ve experienced anything with raising boys you know they are at that sweet spot. That sweet spot where life is amazing. The...
by Guest | Oct 16, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
[guestpost]This is a guest post by Thom S. Rainer. Thom is the author of the bestselling books, I Am a Church Member and Autopsy of a Deceased Church. His daily blog is ThomRainer.com. If you want to guest post on my blog, check out my guest post guidelines and submit...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Sep 6, 2014 | Faith, MentoRING
My blogging journey started over 2.5 years ago. I had no idea what would really come from it. I had high hopes, but there is no way I could be certain what the real results would be. All I know is I was frustrated with where I was, and some of the struggles I was...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 21, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
When I was a kid my dad used to take me and my brother to professional baseball games. We would take a summer trip to New York every year, and while we were there we’d try to catch a Mets game if the Cardinals (my favorite team) were in town. Even after I...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 15, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Two weeks ago we celebrated our daughter, Jaicey’s, 14th birthday! It is pretty surreal having a 14-year-old daughter. The fact that when we talk to her we are looking eye-to-eye is…different. And actually my wife has to look up to her. She is growing...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Jul 29, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Our 8-year-old has been down and out the past couple days with some sort of stomach bug. Normally he’s wanting to go outside, play “super heroes,” or wrestle around with me and his brother. Not the past two days. He’s wanted no part of any of...
