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On Happiness.
Barbara
I think what I've come to realize is that my obliviousness to everything around me is probably one of the most important and useful traits I have. Everything around me seems to be falling apart... More »
Tripping...
Susan #1
Flying with two children can be loads of fun. Little did I know that my children wouldn't be able to handle flying... NOT exactly the thing to find out when you're traveling 7 hours and... More »
The Divine Diva Devin
Jenn☮
Today would have been his 24th birthday. I never got to say goodbye to him. I was in Kenya when I got the news that he passed away and it was too late to come... More »
Bewildered but Confident
Paul Holze
A year & a half ago, a friend gave me a book by Daniel Quinn titled, The Story of B . In my own arrogance & righteousness, I dismissed the book. This book was worthless,... More »
Shaving & Corporal Punishment 1950 style
mimi
When I was a kid, "getting a strap" at home was a common thing. At school, you would "get THE strap". Every teacher had a big leather strap in their desk. I remember going up... More »
What would you say to the person you were one year ago?
Tabbitha
I would tell her that everything really will work out and that she has a reat future ahead of her even when she feels like she isnt really all that special. I'd tell her that... More »
How can we stay connected?
B.B.
Well following the prompts of my computer I am finally connected again. Frustration is like a wall. Stops me from advancing,activates this internal dialogue that for all intents and purposes bites! A deep breath,a little... More »
Teo is 5 months old today!
Barry's
.. Teo is officially 5 months old today! He is pictured above laughing and playing with dad. His weight is now 7.63 kilos/16.8 pounds His height is now: 67.5 cm/26.57 inches Favorite songs: Herr Gurka... More »
Bike Adventure Wrap Up
Bonnie
Dang, it's been a while! A little wrap up on my adventure: Made it to Charles City, IA on June 29th. I had a lovely ride into town and spotted access to the bike/pedestrian path... More »
HEALING
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from "Dear Abby" instead of going to Mom and Dad.
A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his mother for a quarter to buy a ticket, but the mother refused, telling her son that if he went to that show he would see something awful. Well, the boy sneaked in the show and the first thing he saw was something awful - his own dad sitting on the front row.
Children have more need of models than of critics.
You know when you're young, you think your dad's Superman. Then you grow up and you realize he's just a regular guy who wears a cape.
Young people, your parents, with their maturity of years and experience you have not had, can provide wisdom, knowledge, and blessings to help you over life's pitfalls. You may find, that life's sweetest experiences come when you go to Mom and Dad for help.
When I was in my first year of college at Logan, Utah, I bought an old car for a hundred dollars. I was eighteen and thought that I knew all about driving. It was Christmastime, and my parents were living on a ranch in Wyoming. I picked up my two grandmothers and took them to my parents' home for Christmas. We had a grand time there. When it was time to return to school, the weather had changed and the roads were treacherous. That morning as we were ready to leave, we held a family prayer in the living room. My father prayed that we would have a safe journey. After we had loaded my car with suitcases, blankets, tuna fish sandwiches, and a thermos bottle full of Postum, Dad walked out to the car and said, 'I want to talk to you.' We went over and stood by the fence. 'You have a very valuable cargo,' he said, nodding at my grandmothers. 'I want you to promise me that if the roads are bad and it's snowing when you get down to Lander, you won't go over South Pass. I want you to take the long way.' I promised him that I would. My parents kissed us good-bye, and we were on our way. We had nice weather until we got to Riverton; then it started to snow. By the time we got to Lander, it was snowing pretty hard. I remembered my promise, so when we came to the intersection where you turn to go up the mountain, I made a conscious turn to go the long way. I remember thinking then that it was going to take us five hours longer to get to Utah. I knew the road, and I was absolutely certain that I had made the right turn. As we drove along, we were joking and laughing, although the snow was getting thicker. Then I saw a sign that read, 'Historic Old South Pass City,' and I realized that I had somehow become confused in the snowstorm and had taken the wrong road! I thought, Dad will be angry with me! I don't know how this happened-it wasn't intentional. I had only two choices: I could keep on going, or I could turn around and go back. By this time, we were at the summit, so I decided that we might as well keep going and that I would apologize to Dad later. As we came down the mountain, the snow stopped and the roads were clear. We drove to Logan and then to Malad without any problems. On my way to school the next day I happened to see the front-page headline of a newspaper: WORST BLIZZARD OF THE YEAR STRANDS HUNDREDS IN CENTRAL WYOMING. I bought a paper, and it was full of stories about people who had been stranded, lost, or killed on the road that I had promised to take. I realized that the prayer our family had offered had been answered. I knew that the Lord had gotten us on the right road, and I realized how He had protected us. I was never the same after that.
Henry: Well I'm sorry about your head though, but I thought you were one of them. Indiana: Dad, they come in through the doors.
One day when I was seventeen years old, I was washing the family car in anticipation of going on a date that evening. My father came out of the house to observe what I was doing. He criticized me to the extent that I felt as if I was doing nothing right. Finally I said something like, "Dad, get off my case. Don't you understand this is the first time I have ever been a teenager?" He looked at me and said, "Pal, don't you know this is the first time I have ever been a father?" I grew wiser that day because I realized we all are learning together within a family. We cannot expect our parents to be perfect any more than we can expect ourselves to be all that we hoped to be.
Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.
Dads, is it too bold to hope that our children might have some small portion of the feeling for us that the Divine Son felt for His Father?
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