Right now my wife Dallas and I are in the middle of the adoption process. We are excitedly working through forms and piles of paperwork and tasks to get everything in order so that we can adopt and welcome a child into our family. I think with any new addition to the family there is excitement and some fear. One of the things that I want our kids to know is what it means to be a Carnahan.

I have read a couple of places about creating a family creed – a simple statement that sums up what we believe and how we act in situations. Our kids are figuring out life by watching us and learning from what we do. I am passive in a lot of things in life but I want to be super intentionally about helping my kids know how God wants us to live. One of my get ready goals is to write a family creed, with Dallas, before our child is here. It has to be simple to memorize and very clear. It’s not going to be easy to sum up the way we want to live. It will take several drafts until we get to the right place. It’s going to take lots of talking with God and each other. But it’s going to be so much fun.

If you would like some help on your family creed there are some great resources out there. Steven Covey has some good thoughts. http://www.franklincovey.com/msb/

Another cool site is Family-iD. They have some great resources for your family.  http://familyid.familyvisionministry.org/

Daniel Carnahan

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