by Valerie Steimle | May 24, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
I’m a responsible parent of nine children and you would think that I despise text messaging, but I don’t. I love text messaging! I love text messaging my children. What better way for parents to keep in touch with their children than to send text messages. Think about...
by Valerie Steimle | May 17, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Raising teenaged daughters is already a tough assignment, with the occasional emotional outbursts, unending emotional support for pursuits as they grow to adulthood, and financial support for all their clothes and accessories. Along with those matters of the heart...
by Valerie Steimle | May 10, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
On my bike ride today, my thoughts turned to the time I was raising my children. As a woman with 9 children (single births, same father-I always get asked that) I would always downplay the fact that I was some great woman taking on this overwhelming task as people...
by Valerie Steimle | May 3, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
I love the movies. There is no way around it. I could spend more time watching movies with my family than TV shows. I hardly ever watch TV shows, but if a great movie comes along with inspiring thoughts and wonderful music, I will watch and watch. Just recently a...
by Valerie Steimle | Apr 26, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Eight years have passed since my husband passed away, and I have had to comfort and console my nine children at different times of their life as well as deal with my own grief. Even recently, there are still melt downs stemming from missing their father terribly which...
