Ken

Here is an oft-requested link from the kenpierpont site with twenty questions to open the heart of your child. Some use these questions on a multiple-day retreat, some in an hour-long meeting. One dad I know… who is a great dad… keeps them in his wallet and uses one question every time he drives one of his children to a practice or an event. Smart guy. If you use these questions, remember that when you understand your child’s heart the real work is planning responses to their heart needs… not just verbal responses, but projects together that help them and show your devotion to them.

It was cool today and there was a hint of color in some of the trees around southeast Michigan. One thing about fall I like is the appearance of Mums in fall colors!

September 8, 1978 was a Friday. It was an interesting day for me. Jeff Tokar asked me if I wanted to golf at a lighted par-three golf course. I didn’t have a date. I didn’t have anything better to do. At that point in my life I had only golfed once or twice. I golfed poorly.

Across from the campus where I lived was a little pizza shop. We stopped in. It was empty. While we were waiting for your little dollar squares of pizza a young woman walked in. She had long dark hair and dark eyes. She looked a lot like the girl I always imagined I would marry, but this girl didn’t even look up at me. [Read more…] about Thirty-One Autumns