Now an attorney and soon to be married, these words i wrote in 2021 are even more true today. Never, ever give up on your children. God has a plan that he will fulfill.
Category Archives: children
Childlike Faith: Jesus Loves Me This I Know
The children’s song says it best. “Jesus loves me; this I know. For the Bible tells me so.”
If you really want to know God, you must have the open heart of a child and be able to hear God’s still, small voice.
Sticky Situation
Remember Sticker Charts? I tried them with my kids. We had Chore Charts, Teeth Brushing Charts, and Behavior Charts. The last one got a little- well, sticky. My oldest apparently wrote the book on picking on younger siblings. My daughter learned quickly that throwing a fit drew attention to it. I was not too fondContinue reading “Sticky Situation”
Children Are Parrots
Every mom has said, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything.” Now more than ever, we need to heed that advice. We live in a day and age where friends “Unfriend” friends on social media, family members turn on one another, and it is sport to name call. God said itContinue reading “Children Are Parrots”
Fight Or Flight
Nothing kicks in your fight or flight mode faster than a call from your crying young adult daughter telling you that someone is trying to get $5000 out of her and threatening her with arrest. It was a scam, of course. But they plied her with so much information, instructions, and threats that her headContinue reading “Fight Or Flight”
Always Believe
As my son graduates college today, we take a look back at the sometimes rocky roa of heartbreal that we over came to get here.
AND THIS IS MY BABY…
As my daughter turns 21 today, It’s A Hard Life celebrates her and the unbreakable bond between mothersand their “Babies”.
Starry, Starry Night
This time of year the daytime turns to night time in a blink of an eye. Winter days are short. The nights are long, dark and cold. That cold air seems to brighten and boost the streaming light of the stars. Much in the same way, my daughter Kelliann turned from a baby girl intoContinue reading “Starry, Starry Night”
“The Days Are Long, But The Years Are Short”
Kindergarten 2003 Senior Year 2016 As Jeffrey heads into the final months of college, I stumbled across this in my archives. In the days to come I will write of how far he has soared when we let him go! 1/14/2021 26 May 2016 I’ve scoured the house. Looked in every nook and cranny andContinue reading ““The Days Are Long, But The Years Are Short””
Quickly Flow The Years…
08 Jun, 2018 In the musical “Fiddler On The Roof”, the parents’ of the bride and groom sing about how their children have grown so quickly. “Is this the little girl I carried?” goes one line. “When did she get to be a beauty?”goes another. “Wasn’t it yesterday when they were small? Sunrise. Sunset. Sunrise.Continue reading “Quickly Flow The Years…”
IT'S A HARnDen LIFE... 