Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me.
As a parent of school-aged children, I understand that sometimes children are not motivated to give up their unstructured time of leisure to begin a new school year. However, there are some things you can do to increase their motivation or to spark it all together and maintain it…
Have you ever had a day when things started off on the right foot? You got up on time, maybe went to the gym, had a good breakfast, helped your kids get ready and out the door or you got enough sleep and felt ready to take on the day…