Blue star grit: A mother’s journey of triumph and tragedy raising a defiant child into an exceptional leader

<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Show Notes</span></u></strong><strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">:</span></strong> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Listen to author Ginny Luther’s story about learning how to raise her independent-minded son Bart, the childhood traumas he triggered in her, and the tragic story of his death in the military.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="left"><strong><u><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Temperament of many natural born risktakers</span></u></strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">: independent-minded,<strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></strong>intense, risk-takers, physical, restless, active, love the outdoors. These kids are often described as: hyperactive, wild, can’t sit still, out-of-control, impulsive, ODD, ADHD, not listen, don’t like to be told no, want things their way, intense, stubborn, willful, like a wild colt kicking against the slats of their corral.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" align="left"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"