THE BABY AND THE OLD MAN This is a first-person account from a mother about her family as they ate dinner on Christmas Day in a small restaurant many miles from their home. Nancy, the mother, relates: We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat...
Kids
Pearls
Control, Faith, Kids, Life, Priorities
PEARLS The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. “Oh please, Mommy, can I have them? Please, Mommy, please?” Quickly the mother checked the back...
Family
FAMILY I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “Oh, excuse me please” was my reply. He said, “Please excuse me too; wasn’t even watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said good-bye. But at home a...
Buying Time
BUYING TIME A man came home from work late again, tired, irritated, and stressed, to find his 6-year-old son waiting for him at the door. “Daddy, may I ask you a question?” “Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man. “Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”...
Oh, God, Make Me A Better Parent
OH, GOD, MAKE ME A BETTER PARENT Oh, God, make me a better parent. Help me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer all their questions kindly. Keep me from interrupting them, talking back to them and contradicting them. Make...