by Laurie Short | Apr 5, 2017 | Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
I am a stepmom. If it sounds like I’m introducing myself at an AA meeting, that isn’t so far from how it feels. These words require work for me to own, and they don’t come easily out of my mouth. After all, in the wonderful world of Disney, the stepmother is generally...
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 | Mar 16, 2016 | Faith, Spiritual warfare
It’s been quite a week. Suffice to say “the thief” didn’t stop after Monday (see previous blog: http://bit.ly/22nPe5V) and his attacks moved from discouragement, to hopelessness, to “Maybe I should just give all this up and work at...
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...