by Tara L. Cole | Jun 22, 2015 | culture, Parenting
Near my house are two restaurants. The first is the Golden China restaurant. I love Chinese food and this one is pretty good, however, I would never dine in there. The service is terrible! The waitress, presumably the owner’s wife, never smiles, and even...
by Tara L. Cole | Jun 15, 2015 | Parenting
As you can see from the pictures below, there are many different family cultures. Not one of the family cultures found in the pictures are right or wrong. They simply are. Each family has its own culture. What is your family culture? Does your family have...
by Tara L. Cole | Jun 8, 2015 | Human Trafficking, Parenting
Like many of you, I read Ann Voskamp’s post about the truth behind the actions of ISIS and felt impotent. What do you do in the face of such evil? Yes, many of us gave money to help Preemptive Love give emergency relief, place children in school, and help...
by Tara L. Cole | Jun 1, 2015 | Parenting
Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put...
by Tara L. Cole | May 18, 2015 | children, Parenting, Pouring Out
Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6, NIV There was a book that was quite popular at the time Tara was born. I received a copy of Training Up a Child by Gwendolyn Webb as a gift at the baby...
by Tara L. Cole | Mar 30, 2015 | Parenting, Tara Cole
Several times recently I have been asked how I do it all. The simple answer is, I don’t. If you see me firing on all cylinders in one area, it’s because I’m hitting the easy button in another. Isn’t that phrase so much nicer than...