Hello. My house is a wreck right now with boxes abounding and dishes overflowing. There’s a pair of Santa pants strewn on the floor and Perler beads under my feet. I look down to my basement, and I see this. I got it all this far at least.

All 4 of my kids are hula hooping in the living room. At the same time. Multiple mini hula hoops on their arms. And, my mother-in-law will be here before 8am tomorrow.

I was pretty anxious last May before our first training we offered as part of our work with The Sparrow Fund. We were new at the whole training thing. I guess having our second training tomorrow still leaves us as sorta new. But, this time…not so anxious. Busy, yes. Anxious, not so much.

The conference–on discipline and connecting with our children–has been full for weeks; we actually had to start a waiting list. Everything is set. CHOP, who we are collaborating with for this thing, has been great. And, we totally trust that the speaker, Cheryl Nitz, is going be awesome.

I’m guessing that a lot of the families coming tomorrow feel like they need to be there. I’m guessing there are more than a few who are already in crisis. Being able to play a part in allowing them to hear new things and learn new tools and go home 6 hours later encouraged and hopeful–that’s a privilege.

Looking forward to some mighty things happening tomorrow while the kids hula hoop for Grammy.

We’re learnin’ that Texans don’t just say ya’ll, they also make all -ing words -in words.

So, here we are after about 12 hours of gettin’ our Empowered to Connect on at the Train the Trainer course.

And, as Karen Purvis would say, woah Nellie.

Deep stuff today as Michael and Amy Monroe face the task of equipping (sorry) equippin’ us and a handful of other couples to teach Empowered to Connect to other parents.

My neurotransmitters are a bit fried from so much firing today, thank you very much. So, this connector is heading to bed to get ready for another full day tomorrow.

Oh. my. goodness. people.