Posted by Editormum on 29 August 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories A continuation of yesterday’s thoughts on having strong-willed children. Those traits can also lead her into situations that will give her a chance to develop a deep-rooted humility and dependence on God. When you are “strong-willed” and “independent,” it can take some doing for God to teach you the lesson that “there’s a God, and [...]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, Christianity, Family Life, parenting
Posted by Editormum on 28 August 2010 in
Family Life,
Religion,
True Stories My friend Stephanie recently posted on her Facebook page that she “…somehow managed to get an incredibly stubborn, willful and highly intelligent daughter. She makes other kids that I had previously chalked up as ‘stubborn’ look wishy-washy in comparison. Someone please tell me this is a trait that will serve her well later in life! [...]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, faith, Family Life, fear, independence, parenting, strong will
Posted by Editormum on 16 August 2010 in
Religion O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, [...]
Tags: Bible interpretation, challenges, character, Christianity, faith, Family Life, Religion, stress, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 2 August 2010 in
True Stories Like today. I went out to my car at lunch time, and put my purse and book on the passenger seat while I sat on the side of the driver’s seat. I happened to glance up at the windshield. It didn’t look right. There was a strange, black, tombstone-shaped sticker thing in the upper middle [...]
Tags: automobiles, challenges, driving, humour
Posted by Editormum on 1 July 2010 in
Family Life So, at the moment, it looks like I’m able to manage only one post a week … sort of. That will have to do for the time being, as there is just a lot going on. Though I may come back and fill in some posts about things that have happened in the past week [...]
Tags: Boy Scouts, challenges, Family Life, karate, parenting, pets
Posted by Editormum on 15 June 2010 in
Philosophy,
Religion,
True Stories Yesterday, I posted about the results of hurry on my gelatin dessert. Today’s post is about a lesson learned while selling curriculum at a local home-school fair. It’s about the mistakes that happen when you’re in a hurry, but it’s also about how quickly and easily a reputation can be destroyed. I believe that it was [...]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, kindness, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 15 May 2010 in
True Stories I sort of closed a bank account today. “Sort of” because this bank apparently thinks its job is to make things as difficult as possible for its customers, and I won’t be able to officially close the account until sometime in the coming work week. I’ve had a savings account with my credit union since [...]
Tags: challenges, customer service
Posted by Editormum on 28 April 2010 in
Philosophy,
Religion I learned an important lesson from a room-mate nearly fifteen years ago, and some recent events have brought it to mind again. The lesson is about blessing and being blessed. In the mid-90s, I was working in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of the staff lived in company-owned housing, in an arrangement similar to [...]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, injury, Jesus, kindness, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 29 March 2010 in
Philosophy,
Religion Some time ago, I began reading Alex Lickerman’s blog. It’s interesting to read about the philosophy and outlook of a man who is actively practising Buddhism. And occasionally (more often than not), I find in his posts a touchstone — one of those universal truths that transcends religious creed and just is true. Today’s post contains one [...]
Tags: boys, challenges, children, Christianity, Judaism, karate, Religion, stress
Posted by Editormum on 24 March 2010 in
Family Life Wow … almost a month of no new posts (though I have been migrating old posts from my Blogit account, so you’ll see some really old stuff back in the archives, as well as my new “Inspirations” page). Lost my groove back there somewhere, and haven’t the time to go back and try to find [...]
Tags: baseball, Boy Scouts, boys, camping, challenges, Christianity, divorce, Family Life, Joel and Kathy Davisson, karate, marriage
