by Jackie Bledsoe | Sep 3, 2012 | ProspeRING, Raising Kids
Married life with kids has changed my wife and I in a major way. I like to joke that the first decade of 2000 was our “baby making” decade. Still not sure if my wife likes when I say that or not. We started off in 2000 with our first child, and ended in...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 23, 2012 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Family secrets, personal drama, and challenges are being exposed more and more today to a wider audience due to social media becoming mainstream. Almost daily you can find a story of someone’s personal life being exposed or revealing some personal information...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 22, 2012 | DiscoveRING, Raising Kids
Lifelong learning is a goal of ours and something we try to teach to our children. We are a homeschooling family, but lifelong learning should apply and be adopted by all families: homeschoolers, public schoolers, and private schoolers. The purpose of learning is to...
by Guest | Aug 11, 2012 | ProspeRING, Raising Kids
At the end of my daily 50-minute commute home from work, I pull into the driveway of our home on an elongated cul-de-sac. I turn off my car’s engine, turn off the podcast I was listening to, take out my ear buds, get out of the car and head inside. As I enter...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 7, 2012 | Money, PerseveRING, Raising Kids
The Olympics are at the midpoint and you have probably enjoyed watching the athletes compete, while learning about some of their personal lives. Last week, in part one of this series on Raising an Olympian I shared the story of Gabby Douglas moving away from home to...