With industrial and cultural advances, we became less concerned with survival and had more time to consider the important questions of today like, “What do you want to do this weekend?” It’s only recently that we’ve begun to ask, “Would you like to sit and talk?”… only to discover that we can’t!
In the 1,000’s of years that women and men have existed together in civil environments, you’d think we would understand each other by now. Instead, the conflict is more pronounced than ever and the battle lines are drawn by our differences. The battle objective? Fix what is wrong with the other!
Our children are the most important and influential responsibility in our lives. They cannot be separated from our professions, health, social relationships, or any other area because those areas influence how we care for and treat them.
One of the blessings and challenges of parenting is that kids don’t stay still. Our parenting has to grow with them.
Parenting is eternal, so the foundation we act from must be solid. Like or not, how we treat our children carries lasting effects and our actions must keep their future, not our immediate convenience, in mind.
Set yourself up for success in your relationship by being specific as to what you want from the relationship. Ultimately, your happiness and fulfillment are determined by you and your strength to make clear decisions about what you’ll expect, accept, and how you respond to the people in your life.
My wife ruined me today. Her last living grandmother, Ruby, is approaching the moment she’s looked most forward to since her husband Gardner went home to be with Jesus a few years ago. Tammy (that’s my wife for those of you that are new to the program) has the same relationship with her grandparents as…
