Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
Parenting is stopping your kid from eating that piece of chocolate which has fallen on the floor and then eating it yourself when he/she is not looking. Q: What’s it like to be a parent?A: Take a basket full of blocks, a couple of hundred toy cars, fifty-odd jumpy balls, a few utensils from the… Read More
Parenting is mastering the art of a one-minute-poop and a half-a-minute shower! There are three kinds of grocery shoppers: “The ones who pick up all the healthy things; then the ones who pick up all the junk, and then the ones who end up running around the aisles picking up their kids!” When two of… Read More
During the summer months I was blessed by grandchildren in my home, with overnights and cousin time a big priority for them and for me. The grandkids blessed me with their love, and I blessed their parents with time off of parenting—a win-win for everyone, right? One three-week stretch was mostly dedicated to these blessings,… Read More
Do you grab onto the latest and greatest idea you hear on television, see on the internet, or hear as it makes its way through the friend chain? Or do you view things with skepticism until you think it through, do a little research, and mull over cause and effect? We tend to be a… Read More
I went back in time to motherhood. It wasn’t a long trip — just kitty corner across the backyard where six of my grandchildren live. It didn’t last long — only three days and two nights — but it felt like a world away. My priorities changed. My book and my clients went up on… Read More
Godly parents want their children to learn, accept, and know the lesson below. Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes… Read More
Godly discipline allows children to please parents. It fits the punishment to the crime. Children come to understand cause and effect, sowing and reaping. Big crime gets a big punishment; little crime receives a little punishment. With abuse, punishment is arbitrary and often unfair, but Godly discipline distinguishes between a mistake and a deliberate sin. Or… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 