Parenting is hard.  I didn't think it would be. I vividly remember myself thinking that my children would eat everything that I cooked, go to bed when told, and love most everything I did.  I was wrong.

The greatest lessons that I learned were "True Grit", "Emotion Coaching" and "Validating Emotion". I have 3 children, The oldest two are out of the house.  Alex is on her mission in London, England and Erika is at BYU. Chris, our only son is at home with us.