Summer Camp Job!
Abby and Eason, The year I graduated from high school, I decided to add another job to my group of jobs. (I already had several!) A local, Christian school was looking for someone to prepare their kids for cheerleading camp. The kids practiced super early in the morning, so I could do it without disruption […]
What I Didn’t Know
Abby and Eason – There are a lot of things I wish I had known about work in high school. I didn’t know Jesus at that time, and I missed a lot of opportunities to learn about the way He created me. Let’s start with how I worked. I understood hard work. I was really […]
High School Jobs
Abby and Eason, I want to wrap up with a few thoughts on high school jobs. First, I had a cool and unique experience with high school jobs. I was able to take a talent (gymnastics) and make a really cool set of job experiences out of that talent. I want you to know you […]
Private Lessons
Abby and Eason, The other thing I did during (mostly) summers in high school was give private lessons. This was something that I learned about in high school, but in college it became a pretty significant part of my job plan. A private lesson is when a parent hires you, through the gymnastics center, to […]
Summer Camp
Abby and Eason, It seems like I had a lot of jobs in high school, but it really was more that each job had downtime. I learned to make the most of the downtime. I told you about the dance studio and my Friday cheer classes. Well, there was also summer. Because school was out, […]
Friday Business
Abby and Eason, In the last letter, I told you about working at the dance studio. I didn’t tell you this, but it was closed on Fridays and Sundays. I don’t really remember when or why I decided that I needed to work on Fridays, but somehow I must have because I started my first […]
Emotions don’t always look pretty
Abby and Eason, In this letter I want to go deeper into the idea of casting our emotions on God. In the last letter we talked about why that was important. But, what I want you to hear in this letter is that it isn’t always pretty. In the last letter, I gave you a […]
Emotions and Prayer
Abby and Eason, I have mentioned emotions and prayer in several letters. Today, I want to try to explain that topic. Of course, the best explanation is in scripture. Throughout the Bible, we see person after person talking to God while expressing deep emotions. Here are two examples you can read: Hannah – 1 Samuel […]
Becoming One
Abby and Eason, This is the last letter I am planning to write about marriage (at least for now). But, I think it is really important. Who knows, you might need to remind me about it one day, but I really hope you don’t. I am not going to go into tons of detail about […]
Marriage after Sexual Abuse
Abby and Eason, I didn’t think I was going to write about this in the letters because it isn’t about the core topics I was writing about in the marriage letters. But, I thought about it, and I think it is important. This is a harder letter, so please read it when you are ready. […]