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Cultivate Legacy

A Blog Inspiring Parents to Overcome Distractions, Confusion, and Fear for Purpose-Driven Parenting and Discipleship

Peace in Chaos hardship Apr 19, 2023

In the midst of chaos....peace like a river.


This is an unexpected gift. I love this little slice of heaven. I have for years. We head to Lane’s home every summer for a week on the river with...

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The Unexpected Gift family Apr 05, 2023

The unexpected gift. Who knew? We had purposefully planned a long weekend together in Miami over Easter knowing that, for the first time ever, we would not be together this summer. No vacation. No...

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The Spirit of Pride life lessons pride Mar 22, 2023

The Spirit of Pride Sets Up a Fall


'Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.' Proverbs 16:18


Out of the multitude of concerns we are experiencing as a nation perhaps none are...

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Rhythm Defined family hardship life lessons Mar 08, 2023

Rhythm Defined: Duly regulated by cadences. A strong, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Whether a self proclaimed free spirit or a champion of home and family logistics we all move with a...

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Prepared for Life | Passing the Torch of Personal Responsibility family life lessons Jan 23, 2022

I remember hearing once, “When you give birth to your sweet baby and place them in the crib you should also place a suitcase next to the crib as a reminder that one day they will be...

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Disciple | to teach, to train, to bring up discipleship family Dec 08, 2021

If I were to be totally honest with myself, I would say that the word deliberate usually causes me to consider a need for intentional planning or scheduling of some sort. Somehow that word causes...

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The Wedding Crashers life lessons Nov 03, 2021

Heart is full. Did you see the label? “Thank y’all for letting us crash the wedding. Nolan, Ramann, John and Ashton”.

Back story: 2 weeks before before Ansley’s wedding and...

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10,000 Reasons life lessons Oct 06, 2021

This was the view from my hotel room in Nashville yesterday. I opened my eyes and the lyrics to 10,000 Reasons came to mind immediately:


The sun comes up

It's a new day dawning

It's time to sing...

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Loved & Not Alone life lessons Sep 22, 2021

The phone rang last week. A friend reached out, asking me if I would talk to her friend whose daughter was struggling at school. I told her I would be happy to do so and got a call later that day....

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Peace with a Stomachache family life lessons Aug 18, 2021

Well the day came

and it went

and we survived.

 

In fact, I might even go so far as to say we thrived. Move in day at TCU with our oldest daughter Ansley was a FULL day to say the least. WOW!...

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Going Home: Intentional Legacy life lessons Jul 21, 2021

100 years

36,500 days

876,000 hours

52,560,000 minutes

3.6 BILLION Heartbeats

 

Time...it’s a funny thing isn’t it? Our greatest asset yet often held so loosely that it slips away...

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Discipleship Defined discipleship Jun 09, 2021

How do we define discipleship? Images of mentors and coaches come to mind but neither quite fully encompass the role of one who disciples. To be a disciple means to be a learner.


So, to disciple...

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