Take your dog to church...uh...really?How about take your neighbor to church? Or take the widow down the street, who doesn't get out much, to church? Or take a homeless person to church...and then to lunch.Your dog! Really? {sigh}Now before you go getting all "crazy mad" on me - I like dogs! A while back I wrote a post about the death of our dog, our family pet, and how very sad I was over the loss. But hey, Blaze was a dog...an a-n-i-m-a-l.When … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2009
Spank That Kid!
To spank or not to spank...that is a "hot topic" question these days! This morning even the crew over at NBC's Today Show weighed in on the subject of spanking children! Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I found those mothers comments interesting. My comments back to them; never spank in anger, yelling can be more hurtful than a spanking and don't compare a teaching moment with a child to a … [Read more...]
Heaven Is The Face – Music Monday
Meeting Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman a couple of weeks ago has left me thinking of and praying for them frequently.This song, Heaven Is the Face, is from his new album and is a moving glimpse into the healing born through unspeakable loss.As you listen, pray for the Chapman family. … [Read more...]
Toddler Travel Trip
I am all about giving children life experience through travel in order to teach them about new people, places, and opportunities different than their own. We have traveled by several means of transportation to many places and we have stayed in various forms of accommodations.My children, like their mother, have become somewhat adept at the art of people watching and quiet observation in an effort to better understand the world around them. We … [Read more...]
Meeting Steven Curtis Chapman
If you have not yet heard the CD Beauty Will Rise, by Steven Curtis Chapman, I suggest you go right out and get yourself one.I just spent this past weekend with Stephen Curtis Chapman, his wife Mary Beth, and several other people who believe in what they are doing through their showHOPE ministry. If you didn't catch the Orphan Sunday event on November 8th, I encourage you to go watch it now.I met Mary Beth first. As she bounded over smiling, it … [Read more...]
Cleaning…aarrgghh!
OK, I admit it...I do not like to clean anymore. (My house that is!)In my younger days I was a bit of a clean freak, I would so enjoy some good scrubbing with a big bottle of bleach, some rags, a mop and a good deal of discretionary time.Once I became a mom, I would still do a good amount of cleaning, though not quite as thoroughly as bk (before kids) because there was so little of that discretionary time left lying around.In the last several … [Read more...]
Teens Caught School Sued??
You have got to be kidding me???I just read about a couple of teen girls who did some pretty disgusting things at a sleepover party and then posted photos of it on MySpace. As a result the photos got handed around at school, their coaches saw them and they ended up being disciplined by the coaches based on the schools conduct policy and disciplinary guidelines.The result? These two 14 year old girls sued the school.Parents of teens, if you have … [Read more...]
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