by Jackie Bledsoe | Mar 21, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Our kids can serve as our own personal mirrors. Even when we do not expect it they are following us. They look like us, talk like us, and do like us. They are miniature versions of us. Whether that is good or bad, you have a mini-me. If your kids are following...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Mar 19, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
March Madness is officially here! I am not sure who came up with that name, but no other month lives up to its name like March Madness. Excitement, emotion, and sheer madness fill this month for many sports fans and their families. College basketball teams are...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 21, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Coaching youth sports is becoming a pretty big deal to me. As our third child is knocking on the door of playing, and me coaching, it consumes a fair amount of time. And I love each minute. I even had the opportunity to help coach a local school basketball team this...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 20, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
My kids are definitely mini-me versions of my wife and I. It is one of the joys of parenting, seeing a small person who looks just like you and/or your spouse. On occasion we’ll pull out our childhood pics, and ask the kids “who is this?”, and most...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 8, 2013 | PerseveRING, Raising Kids
Your kids will experiences tremendous highs and lows in life. They will have huge successes and equally huge failures. It would be great if we knew exactly what those successes and failures would be so we do a better job of preparing them. That is unlikely to...