It is always better to focus on what we can change, even as we protest what we cannot.
Tag Archives: Children
Mary’s Faith
Mary must have had such faith in her God, and in her Savior, in order to endure the worry and agony resulting from her child’s mortal path.
The Toddler Years Part Two
When our children are little, wearing well-padded diapers and toddling around exploring their world, we worry. We want them to expand their understanding of their world, but we are often consumed with worry of potential falls and injuries.
While the toddler years are rough on parents, society warns us to be prepared for the really challenging teen years ahead. What we fail to realize as we worry our way through each new phase is that in all the years of our children’s youth we are there to catch them when they fall. They live in our homes, drive our cars, eat our food, spend our money, and are protected by our insurance. Just like the toddler in the thick diaper, our youth are buffered. Their inevitable stumbles and falls will occur while we are nearby to care for their injuries and sooth their fears.
Society fails to warn of the level worry we will feel when our child exits our home as a legal adult. So much like the toddler years, early adulthood is filled with challenges and adventures that will most certainly result in falls and injuries. There certainly will be near misses and startled emotions, and there will be periods of great frustration. Regardless of how well we prepare them for the world, they will toddle once again as they develop a surety in their own balance. Only this time around, we will not be on the spot to reassure them or sooth them.
While we parents are warned of many things as we work our way through the stages of our children’s growth, we seem to seldom hear the sage warning that those toddler years were preparatory for the day when we would hug the adult child and then watch them toddle away from our home.
Saith Me… The Good Friend
When our joy becomes a toxin to a friend, their sorrow can become toxic to us. A good friend will then walk away for a time.
Saith Me… Social Life
Social activities are important, but not if they are simply filler for an empty life.
Saith Me… Empty Nest
An empty nest is only the beginning of grand new adventures, even if the mother bird stays close to home.
Saith Me… Artisan’s Wisdom
Developing a good relationship with your tools is so very key to success. An understanding of the nuances of your tools brings accuracy, contrary to what the salesperson at the shop might try to tell you. This understanding, this relationship you might say, only comes through practice.
Saith Me… The Bully in the Room
Condescension or levity when addressing someone’s fear or anger makes you the bully in the room.
Saith Me… A Return
After months of relative absence here and complete absence on my other blog, a new post has emerged from the rubble of a very contentious and damaging election cycle.
Looking Forward – Learning from the Past is ready for pondering.
Saith Me… Seek Solutions
Seek solutions before settling for excuses.
Solutions may not always be cure-alls, but they often are just enough to make a rough situation more bearable.
In my house, the common solution comes from simple advice.
- Get up and move…
- Drink a glass of water…
- Drink a glass of juice…
- Do something creative…
- Get some fresh air…
Certainly the ills and woes of life are not eradicated by such simple suggestions, but they are often lessened.