Over the years of praying for my children and myself, I developed a list of characteristics that I pray for regularly. Sometimes I recall what event prompted an addition to the list; for most, I do not. Recently, as I was praying my list for my family, which now includes grandchildren, it occurred to me … [Read more…]
What does “family” mean to you? At Central, we talk a lot about our church family, and we treasure those connections. Of course we are closer to most of the people there than we are to some of our “kinfolk.” The definition of family in Wikipedia (I know—not always a reliable source) is pretty funny: … [Read more…]
Click on the title to see the text and pictures better. You can also comment from there. Again this weekend, I was reminded of why young and not old people have babies and raise children. Steve and I kept Landry, 2, and Finn, almost 7, from Thursday until Monday night, and it was an adventure. … [Read more…]
Saturday was “Fun with the Grandchildren Day!” (I would have said “Grandkids,” but my mother always told me kids were goats.) Their parents and grandfather went to a Christian leadership conference in Indianapolis, two hours away, and I volunteered to keep them since childcare was not offered. We had a great time! I admit that … [Read more…]
In my last post I shared comments from our daughter and granddaughter. Not to be biased, here are some from our son and grandsons. One day, Knox was running around making noises of all different bullets. Kinley said, “How do you even know how to make those sounds?” Knox answered, “It’s just my own awesomeness.” … [Read more…]
Post #14 in the Blog Every Day in May Challenge, 250 words or less. Prompt for May 14: Ten things that make you really happy. This is both hard and easy, for I have a book in which I list joys I experience. Choosing just ten is the challenging part! (To keep from ranking, they’re in alphabetical … [Read more…]
As parents, we spanked. We probably spanked too much, but our children don’t seem to hold it against us. Occasionally they spank, too. I still believe that sometimes that is the only language toddlers understand. But I also appreciate the current practice of “time out.” Yesterday I got to try it for myself when Knox … [Read more…]
