Fall is my mom’s favorite time of the year. She pulls out her leaves, pumpkins, and scarecrows and decorates the house. Probably because of this background, when the weather turns rainy and cool, I want to go inside and curl up with candles and a warm fire. It’s this weather that calls to me for family nights.
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When one job designation filters down through all the other hats I wear, life is enriched. Being a mom has given me skills that enhance all other areas of my life and those who come in contact with me.
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This last week, I saw a post about grey hair. The discussion was for women on looking natural and embracing who they were at any age. As the Facebook discussion moved along, I realized the arguments really had nothing to do with the color of hair, but about how each person perceived age and beauty.
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How many of us who are married really understood those vows on our wedding day? Did we truly realize that we were saying we’d stick with this other person until our dying days? If so, why then are one-third of the 2.3 million people being married each year being re-married? The same amount of people being married in the wedding season are on a second or third marriage!
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The term road trip gives off different inuendos. To the college age student, it’s the idea of carefree fun without a worry in the world. It may even include friends. For the retired couple, it implies a RV and sightseeing. But for families, the idea of a road trip can cause great distress. How can you survive the constant bickering, ‘are we there yet’s, and whining of a road trip with kids?
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I’d love to invite you all to Camp Fircroft to spend a week “up the mountain”, but it might be a bit difficult for some of you to find your way to the Southern Oregon Coast. So, instead, I’ll tell you what makes a summer camp good.
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Today in church, I sat next to my second youngest son as our class discussed the plagues of Egypt. A question was raised. How well do we pass our faith on to our kids? How do we do it? The class came up with five helpful points.
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Kids are out of school, and we plan picnics and family outings. However, even in the midst of summer, for some it can be a pain. These are some helpful tips to hopefully make the summer go easier.
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As parents, we wonder how to stay in touch with our kids as they grow older. When our children are young, we do everything with and for them, but as they mature and develop, they begin to move out on their own. It begins with friends; then their preferences change. Trying to keep up with them can be work. If we aren’t careful, we’ll wake up one day and not know what our son’s favorite color is or what our daughter’s favorite music is.
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My fifth grade year, Mom would clean up supper dishes and then we’d sit down in the living room and she’d read to us Angel Unaware by Dale Evans Rogers. The memory is with me to this day of the feeling of contentment and peace sitting and listening to Mom’s voice. I’ve continued the tradition by reading after dinner with my family. Here’s what I’ve learned over the years.
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