Month: November 2007
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Never let them see you sweat
“Never let them see you sweat” has been my philosophy. So years ago when our oldest son shrank back in horror at the crawdad his father found in a ditch, I stepped up to the challenge. “Just touch it. It won’t hurt you,” my husband urged the 8-year-old. Not doing. He whined, refused and wiggled…
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calculating Daniel
Daniel is one calculating four-year-old. He knows his numbers … and he is a tad bit proud of what he can do compared to his younger sister, Anna, who is just beginning to tackle numbers. She drew a perfect ‘8’ a couple weeks ago and earned a great deal of praise from her father. Daniel,…
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appreciation arrives
It is sooo nice to be appreciated. After three decades of parenting a basketball team of boys and their little sister cheerleader … After years of being a stay-at-home mom guaranteeing our children never had too much time at home without supervision … After putting aside a lot of activities and items I personally might…
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be careful, be very careful
On Sunday at a church in Camden, a doctor stood in the pulpit to make an announcement. One of the members in the church had been diagnosed with an active case of tuberculosis. They did not consider it a cause for concern, but the medical realm recommended that everyone in the congregation have a TB…
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The eyes have it
Babies talk a lot – with their eyes and bodies. And, because food and babies go hand-in-hand their stomachs dictate some of the first non-verbal conversations. At 3 months, our youngest grandson, Elijah began joining his dad and mom – my daughter – at the table for meals. Sometimes she held him, sometimes she propped…