Parenting

Take time to enjoy mornings One morning I was getting the children ready for school. It was the usual busy morning with the kids running around to find their socks …

The worries of our children We often use the expression: “I feel as carefree as a child.” But children are not always carefree. In fact, children have many worries, and …

It is never too early to talk to your children The subject was drugs. My son told me he thought his children would receive good information about drugs in their …

You’re Almost There…. “When it was over, I lay spent and exhausted on the cold, hard earth…never to be ranked with the average and mediocre…” This is a quote from one …

Please Read Me a Story One of the best memories I have from my childhood is the time my mother read to me. When it was cold outside, we sat …

Thank You Notes Inside the small white envelope was a little card with a bear and flowers on the front. When I opened it, a note in a child’s handwriting …

Happy Mother’s Day Rosie Rosie knelt, felt the pecans in the grass, and then crawled around on the ground, collecting them and depositing them in her bucket.She is legally blind …

Dangers in the garden “Please, God, don’t let my Papa die this week. That’s all I got to say. Amen.” That was my 9-year-old grandson’s prayer when he had to …

A Helping Hand One day I was coming out my front door and looked down on the walkway in front of me to see a little Sparrow lying on the …