“Do as I say and not as I do.” How many times have we said this to our kids? Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they don’t. For as long as I live, I will remember the feeling I had when I realized, he listened. As I sat in the driver seat of our car, watching the taillights of his car drive away, with singular tears making their way down my cheek, I knew, he had listened. As Brandon and I talked on the way home about the choices our son made and what those choices mean for his future, we knew his life would be forever the better. This particular night really dates back to our son’s freshman year of high school when he needed a new phone. We have a deal with our kids that we will buy their first cell phone for them at an age that it is convenient for us that they have one. For our oldest son, it was in fifth grade when he was staying after school for extra-curricular activities and was going to basketball practice in the evenings. By the time our son was a freshman in high school, he ...