by Maxine Marsolini | Dec 10, 2015 | Money Talk |
The world intensifies our restlessness. Advertisements entice us to buy this, spend that, and to borrow against tomorrow so we can have what we want today. …good deals urge us on, creating desires that we never knew we had.[i] In December, the strong desire to give...
by Maxine Marsolini | Sep 30, 2015 | Dynamic Family, Family Growth, Family Spotlight |
Galatians 1:10 NIV caught my attention recently: Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? Wanting the approval of others is a natural desire. It starts when we are very young. How quickly we all learn it’s...
by Maxine Marsolini | Sep 30, 2015 | Money Talk |
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. ― Robert Louis Stevenson Linda was widowed at 34 years old and now a single parent raising two children. One an honor roll student in her sophomore year of high school and the younger a trophy...
by Maxine Marsolini | Aug 23, 2015 | Dynamic Family, Family Growth, Family Spotlight |
The poem, Oliver Twist, brings forth an interesting thought. How often do I, do you, say “can’t” rather than “can”? Are you mindful to encourage your children to use an I can attitude or do you reinforce an I can’t mindset by the...
by Maxine Marsolini | Aug 23, 2015 | Dynamic Blended Family, Money Talk |
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. 1] Remarried couples, with children to raise, are more often than not blindsided by a swarm of unexpected problems that feel a whole lot like...