Putting away Power Struggles




“BECAUSE I CANNN…!!”

I vividly remember those words coming from my teenage daughter as I questioned her about her motivation for something she had done. 

Not the words of someone who is open to a reflective dialog or reasoned conversation. 

And that was that. 

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You Are More Than Mom in Your Adoptive Family


MOM ROLE QUESTION:

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When you think about your mom role I want you to ask yourself — and you can journal about this and pray over it but ask yourself — What do you realistically want your mom role to be like, and what do you think is standing in the way? 

I’d like you to get a notebook, journal or pad of paper for a journaling exercise today about how you envision your role as mom in the current season or the season that’s right around the corner.  What obstacles are you currently running up against? 
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The Values Variable that Drives Drawn Out Conflicts


You often deal with conflicts pretty effectively. Right? 

You deal with conflicts in your marriage, conflicts with your parents, conflicts with your in laws, conflicts at work, at church, or in your friend groups… wherever it is… there are conflicts that we have to deal with and many —even most of them — are very minor.  So we deal with them and we move on, and sometimes we don't even think anything else about them.  As adults we may think that we’re pretty well versed in handling conflicts. 

Most of the time. 


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