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- My hands are small; please don't expect
perfection whenever I make a bed, draw a picture or throw a ball. My legs
are short; please slow down so that I can catch up with you.
- My eyes have not seen the world as yours have; please
let me explore safely. Don't restrict me unnecessarily.
- Housework will always be there. I'm little for
only a short time - please take time to explain things to me about this
wonderful world, and do so willingly.
- My feelings are tender; please be sensitive to my
needs. Don't nag me all day long. (You wouldn't want to be nagged
for your inquisitiveness.) Treat me as you would like to be treated.
- I am a special gift from God; please treasure me as
God intended you to do, holding me accountable for my actions, giving me
guidelines to live by and disciplining me in a loving manner.
- I need your encouragement to grow. Please go
easy on the criticism; remember, you can criticize the things I do without
criticizing me.
- Please give me the freedom to make decisions
concerning myself. Permit me to fail so that I can learn from my
mistakes. Then someday I'll be prepared to make the kind of decisions life
requires of me.
- Please don't do things over for me. Somehow
that makes me feel that my efforts didn't quite measure up to your
expectations. I know it's hard, but please don't try to compare me with my
brothers and sisters.
- Please don't be afraid to leave for a weekend
together. Kids need vacations from parents, just as parents need vacations
from kids. Besides, it's a great way to show us kids that your marriage is
very special.
- Please take me to Sunday School and church
regularly, setting a good example for me to follow. I enjoy learning more
about God.
Written by Dr. Kevin Leman
Other things may change us, but we start
and end with the family.
-- Anthony Brandt
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Always leave loved ones with loving words.
It may be the last time you see them.
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It may seem funny, people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again.
Families aren't biological.
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If you want to do something positive for your children,
work to improve your marriage.
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Did You
Know?
The word
"companion" comes from the Latin words for together
and bread.
So a companion is literally someone with whom you share
bread.
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The people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.
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Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
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Regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
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Family
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
Author Unknown - Submitted by
CAPR
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Written with a Pen...
By Paul Harvey
We tried so hard to make
things better for our kids that we might have made them
worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to
know about hand-me down clothes and homemade ice cream and
leftover meatloaf sandwiches.
I hope they learn humility
by being humiliated, and learn honesty by being
cheated. I hope they learn to make their beds and
mow the lawn and wash the car.
And, my cherished
grandchild, I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car
when you are sixteen. I hope you have a job by then.
It will be good if at least
one time you can see a baby calf born and your old dog put
to sleep.
I hope you have to share a
bedroom with your younger brother. It's all right to
draw a line down the middle of the room.
When you want to see a
Disney movie and your little brother wants to tag along, I
hope you'll let him.
I hope you have to walk
uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a
town where you can do it safely.
I hope you learn to dig in
the dirt and read books. When you learn to use those
newfangled computers, I hope you also learn to add and
subtract in your head.
I hope you get razzed by
your friends when you have your first crush on a girl, and
when you talk back to your mother that you learn what
Ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee
climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and get
your tongue stuck on a frozen flagpole.
I sure hope you make time
to sit on a porch with your grandpa and go fishing with
your uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and the
joy of holidays.
I hope your mother punishes
you for throwing a baseball through a window and that she
hugs and kisses you when you give her a plaster of Paris
mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you
- tough times and disappointment, hard work and above all,
happiness.
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OK BY ME
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AND, AND, AND...
A Motivational Story
Submitted by TrollPtrol
Peeking out from the corner of my desk blotter is a note, slowly yellowing and bent
from time. It is a card from my mother, containing only four sentences. In it, she
praises my abilities as a writer without qualification.
Each sentence is full with love, offering specific examples of what my pursuit has
meant to her and my father. The word "but" never appears on the card,
however the word "and" is
there almost a half dozen times.
Every time I read it -- which is almost every day -- am reminded to ask myself if I am
doing the same thing for my daughters. I've asked myself how many times I've
"but-ted" them, and me, out of happiness. I hate to say that it's more often
than I'd like to admit.
Although our eldest daughter usually got all A's on her report card, there was never a
semester when at least one teacher would not suggest that she talked too much in class. I
always forgot to ask them if she was making improvement in controlling her behavior, if
her comments contributed to the discussion in progress or encouraged a quieter child to
talk. Instead, I would come home and greet her with, "Congratulations! Your Dad and I
are very proud of your accomplishment, but could you try to tone it down in class?"
The same was true of our younger daughter. Like her sister, she is a lovely, bright,
articulate and friendly child. She also treats the floor of her room and the bathroom as a
closet, which has provoked me to say on more than one occasion, "Yes, that project is
great, but clean up your room!"
I've noticed that other parents do the same thing. "Our whole family was together
for Christmas, but Kyle skipped out early to play his new computer game." "The
hockey team won, but Mike should have made that last goal." "Amy's the
homecoming queen, but now she wants $200 to buy a new dress and shoes." But, but,
but.
Instead, what I learned from my mother is that if you really want love to flow to your
children, start thinking "and, and, and..." instead. For example:
"Our whole family was together for Christmas dinner, and Kyle mastered his new
computer game before the night was through." "The hockey team won, and Mike did
his best the whole game." "Amy's the
homecoming queen, and she's going to look gorgeous!"
The fact is that "but" feels bad -- "and" feels good. And when it
comes to our children, feeling good is definitely the way to go. When they feel good about
themselves and what they are doing, they do more of it, building their self-confidence,
their judgment and their harmonious connections to others. When everything they say, think
or do is qualified or put down in some way, their joy sours and their anger soars.
This is not to say that children don't need or won't respond to their parents'
expectations. They do and they will, regardless of whether those expectations are good or
bad. When those expectations are consistently bright and positive and then are taught,
modeled and expressed, amazing things happen. "I see you made a mistake. And I know
you are intelligent enough to figure out what you did wrong and make a better decision
next time." Or, "You've been spending hours on that project, and I'd love to
have you explain it to me." Or, "We work hard for our money, and I know you can
help figure out a way to pay for what you want."
It's not enough just to say we love our children. In a time when frustration has grown
fierce, we can no longer afford to limit love's expression. If we want to tone down the
sound of violence in our society, we're going to have to turn up the volume on noticing,
praising, guiding and participating in what is right with our children.
"No more buts!" is a clarion call for joy. It's also a challenge, the
opportunity fresh before us every day to put our attention on what is good and promising
about our children, and to believe with all our hearts that they will eventually be able
to see the same in us and the people with whom they will ultimately live, work and serve.
And if I ever forget, I have my mother's note to remind me.
Author Unknown
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The Trouble Tree
I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he
had just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tire made him
lose an hour of work & his electric drill quit, his ancient one ton
truck refused to start. As I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.
On arriving he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward
the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips
of the branches with both hands. Upon opening the door he had undergone an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and
he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity
got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do at the
little tree.
"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having
troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't
belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them
up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care
of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again." Funny thing is,"
he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't
nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."
Submitted by Rich
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One should take children's philosophy to heart. They never despise a bubble because it burst; they immediately set to work to blow another one.
-- Edge Keynote (Submitted by LaRee - www.geminios.com.)
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Children and grandparents are natural allies.
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for the rest of their lives. We pour ourselves more into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed, don't you think? (Submitted by CAPR)
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