Years ago, Darrin and I were a young couple just starting out and were hoping to have a family sometime in the near future. One summer we were touring a house and noticed a frame on a stairway wall containing a “family mission statement”. It was beautiful language around what made their family unique and we agreed that it was something we’d like to incorporate into our future family. We sort of forgot about it once the kids actually started arriving when things like laundry, sleep, and basic survival took over.
It wasn't until I recently read a book by Patrick Lencioni, the well known author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, that I was reminded about the family mission statement idea...
