Letters from Parents.

This last weekend, Chuck and I took 11 high school seniors on our annual Senior Sneak trip to Austin.

By far the favorite part of the weekend for most students was during our 3^rd reflection time. During this time we gave each student a hand written letter from his or her parents. In this letter we asked parents to tell their kids how proud they were of them, tell them what they have seen them become over the past 4 years, as well as encourage them for the future. This time of our students opening and reading letters from their parents was very powerful for all of them.

I’d love to encourage all parents everywhere to always let your kids know how much you love them…all the time. Kinzey and I discussed the parent letters afterwards and we set a personal goal for our future family. Our plan is that when our children one day open a letter from the 2 of us that tells them how proud we are of them, we want their response to be complete boredom. Our dream is that after reading our letter our kids say, “this is pretty lame. There is nothing new in this letter. My parents tell me these things all the time…constantly.” We want to constantly find new ways to encourage, love, and challenge our kids…always. We want to pursue them for their entire lives. That’s just our hope for our unborn children.

Please pursue your kids, fight for them, date them, always. It’s never too late to start over…never…

Go Team!