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Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 01:14 in a mother's reflections, family, General, how to win and influence your kids, life, love, what's a good parent
“Would you want to come home to yourself?” That question changed my life. Would I want to come home to hear myself nagging at me? Would I want to come home to be criticized by me? Would I want to come home to negativity, pestering, and me...
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Posted on Thursday January 1st, 2009 at 14:21 in a mother's reflections
What keeps us going when diapers, laundry and Candyland gets old? To keep the big picture amidst the mundane, this poem published in 1865 reminds us of our calling. The oft-quoted line “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the ...
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Posted on Wednesday December 31st, 2008 at 16:30 in a mother's reflections, new year
Are you looking forward to 2009 with anticipation or with anxiety? I tend to be a nervous kind of person. Two days ago we took our kids skiing at the local mountains; the anticipation kept me up half the night. When I came across this poem At the Gat...
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Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 18:52 in a mother's reflections
I wonder what kind of mother Mary was. If I was Mary having to be the mother of a Perfect Son like Jesus, I would be smugly bragging about Him to my friends. “My Jesus was already walking before he was born.” “My Jesus always gets H...
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Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 20:26 in answers to your parenting questions, gaming addiction, kids and computer
A mom asked me: “My 8-year-old son wants to have a few friends over to play computer games. The kids will bring their own laptops so they can online together. Should I let them? Shouldn’t they be doing other things if they are going to sp...