Mom and dad, what's the culture in your home?

Mom and Dad, do you have fun with each other?

Do your kids enjoy your company?

Have you created meaningful family traditions that bring your family close together?

…Or is your home environment the opposite? 

Do you, your spouse, and your children walk on eggshells around each other?

Is your environment hostile, chaotic, and lacking joy?

Today is the best day to create changes.

Today is a day that you, your spouse, and your children can decide that your home will be a place of love, where Jesus is glorified. As the leaders of your castle, you and your spouse can pursue having a relationship with each other as the most essential part of your family culture, instead of avoiding, criticizing, and/or hurting one another.

This is something my husband and I have determined to do after receiving our own healing through therapy and deliverance from the bondage that held us back from having joy in our home.

The result?

Our sons are growing up in an environment where they, along with us, laugh, dream, go on adventures, and live the life we craved as children: having a deep connection with family.

This intentional decision has brought healing to us both as parents, and thus, we are giving our children a beautiful future to pass on to their own children.

So, what does our culture look like day-to-day?

We turn on silly music, dance, clap, and sing in the car and kitchen.

We read endless books instead of giving our kids the screen.

We have family movie nights with popcorn, go on road trips, cook together, and go on dates to places we enjoy.

We don’t just read our Bibles; we model showing the love of Jesus through our actions, too.

We don’t just teach about gratitude, we express it to our Creator and each other daily. 

We don’t just pray; we model trusting in the Lord when it's difficult to wait for prayers to be answered. 

We don’t just sing out of habit; we worship the Lord together because He is worthy of it all. 

The beautiful part is that our son joins us in all of it, and our next one will follow by example. 

I have already included our unborn son in these traditions because babies are aware of the mother’s emotions in utero, and therefore, I am transparent with him when I make mistakes with his father and brother and ask for his forgiveness. This is how I’m being intentional. 

Mom and Dad, if you’re struggling in your family because you have demons in your mind that are blocking you from having this kind of joy, please reach out to me.

As a Christian Marriage and Family Therapist, I will help you recognize your blocks and will teach you skills to have the culture of love in your home that you’ve been craving since you were a kid.

It’s not too late to heal and create new patterns for your family, after all, they’re depending on you to do so.