“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.” Frank A. Clark Years ago, I came home from school one day and promptly sat across from my mother at the kitchen table. I was about 11 years old, and I had a question. A teacher hadContinue reading “Mom taught me to think for myself”
Category Archives: Parenthood
Encourage kids to keep dreaming
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman Do we give up on our dreams too easily? A colleague mentioned that his 20-year-old stepson had just achieved his dream of playingContinue reading “Encourage kids to keep dreaming”
Dying children teach us about living
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.” — James O’Barr Sometimes I read a news story that puts life’s trivial troubles into humble perspective. Case in point: I read a story once of 9-year-old Jayla Cooper, who was weeksContinue reading “Dying children teach us about living”
Good values are a key to happiness
“The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. I like to believe that IContinue reading “Good values are a key to happiness”
Appreciate the precious moments with your children
“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” — Peggy O’Mara Sometimes, a random moment reminds me of the important things in life. One summer when my daughter was about four years old, we had spent time flying kites at the beach, collecting leaves on nature walks, racing go carts, playingContinue reading “Appreciate the precious moments with your children”
Twenty years now, where’d they go?
“Time flies, never to be recalled.” Virgil Awhile back, as I took a long drive to nowhere in particular, I rolled my windows down and turned my radio up, listening to Bob Seger belt out “Like A Rock.” It was a great song, but I smirked when Seger sang the lyric “Twenty years now, where’dContinue reading “Twenty years now, where’d they go?”
Parenthood suits me
“There really are places in the heart you don’t know exist until you love a child.” -Anne Lamott Becoming a parent isn’t the right choice for everyone, but it’s been a wonderful decision for me. Parenthood has taught me more about myself – and about living life in the moment – than I realizedContinue reading “Parenthood suits me”
The falling leaves of friendship
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” -Anais Nin As I watched my young daughter play with a friend one day, I overheard her playmate say, “We’re best friends forever!” I smiledContinue reading “The falling leaves of friendship”
Time to pause and count your blessings
“You will be blessed the moment you realize you already are.” -Bryant McGill One day while driving my daughter to school, news on the radio reported that a cyclone had struck Myanmar and killed an estimated 100,000 people. The storm left another two million people without clean water or basic necessities. Around the same timeContinue reading “Time to pause and count your blessings”
The kindness of others
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” -Mahatma Gandhi I read recently about a single woman near Orlando, Florida, who over the last 10 years has adopted three children, two with special needs. The woman is 44 and had already raised two biological children, both grown andContinue reading “The kindness of others”
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