by Laurie Short | May 19, 2016 | Faith, step parenting
The story began five years ago when I spoke at a college. But in truth, it started way before that. And tonight as I took this picture at my dinner table, I realized the story had become what no one could have imagined. You see when I married, my husband...
by Laurie Short | Apr 5, 2016 | Faith, having a new teenager, step parenting
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (2.3MB)Subscribe or Follow RSS | MoreMost people come to the altar to marry one person. I married two—though I will admit, there was a slight age difference. The smaller of the two (at least for now) turned 13 this week, and...
by Laurie Short | Aug 20, 2015 | Faith, Fall, Parenting, parenting milestones, School starting, step parenting, transitions
So here we are again. Schools are starting, jobs are ramping up, and Fall is on the starting line, ready to fill our schedules and overcrowd our lives. And if you are a parent, you most likely have a child who is older, more independent, and less in need of you than...
by Laurie Short | Jun 11, 2015 | Faith, graduation, parenting milestones, Perspective, step parenting
My stepson is graduating 6th grade this week. In a minute, he will be graduating 12th. I’ve heard how it works.The baby years crawl, the elementary years walk, and from 7th grade on, you blink your eyes and they are walking out the door. Wasn’t it...
by Laurie Short | May 28, 2015 | blended family, Faith, step mom, step parenting
I am having a moment. One of those moments when you pull back and see details about a story you are living that could only be orchestrated by Someone bigger than you. 38 years ago (gulp) I played Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest. It was on a San...
by Laurie Short | Aug 9, 2014 | Faith, Family Camp, Finding Faith in the Dark, Fully alive, Laurie Short, Mount Hermon, publishing a book, retreats, step mom, step parenting, Tyranny of the Urgent, Writing a book
So last week was a big week. My step son came home from his annual two month visit-his-bio-mom-in-Australia trip, my book was released August 5th, and I was on TV for a book interview for the first time. (Ok, it was just a small network in So. Bend, but it was still...