Pardon me while I rant a bit....

My children are my treasure-- without them I would not be the person I am -- they have taught me many lessons-- I have tried to teach them many more lessons. But I know that I cannot be all things to all people. Therefore, my kids attend public school. Their school has some magnificent educators.
The job they are doing gets harder each year, they have to teach more students with less resources and still achieve high scores onstandardized tests.
Just this evening I listened to the school superinedent's recommendations about how to manage HUGE budget shortfalls.  I listened and I wanted to cry and scream--
 It makes me sick to my stomach about all of the complaints about society today-- how is limiting the educations of our kids, going to produce a better,smarter child (adult) ?????

We all want a better world to be apart of,

 we all want to be seen as special and as someone that matters...

Then why, can't we invest in education that would surely.... in turn invest in our future?
No one seems to have any money for any extras-(and some are so out of resources that it makes me sick)- but I notice that gas prices continue to go up and up.
It's hard to get the (special education) services for our children to be their best-- it's hard to get a real person on the phone when you call a help line, it's hard to see the homeless on the street, it's hard to raise kids with high standards, when all around them they see reality TV Stars getting big paydays for ...pardon the wording-- but crap. Seniors aren't getting the things they need,it doesn't seem like anyone is really happy with their lot in life.
Are our expectations TOO high? Or are we missing something?
  It is really, really hard to stay positive in our current society. I understand that our world is so diverse that it's hard to come to a decision about what is best-- but I would think that EVERYONE wants better for our kids?
 Then, why is it SO hard to invest in them?
 I believe, we do need to use our money wisely-- but if we consistently give our school districts -- and schools LESS, then how can we expect students that are BETTER?
It doesn't seem like we can squeeze anymore money out of the community.
So, where is all our hard earned money going?  to buy cheap crap from CHINA?
I love America, I love that we have choices and the ability to voice our opinions-- but something needs to radically change. 
People want to work...to earn money to pay their bills-- why not 
START BY making the education system what it should be with all the bells and whistles--
 by hiring people and paying them a healthy wage
if we have people who want to work, showing our kids how to work, to be healthy, to be considerate,to be responsible-- wouldn't those things in turn EQUAL a better community?
 How often do we hear about the need for parents to be better at investing in their children? How often do we get annoyed that teenagers and 20somethings have disrespect for adults and authority? Wouldn't more one on one time with dedicated people help teach these people how to live with higher morals?
I love to watch TV,(very often for entertainment) but when I see Bristol Palin,on Dancing with the STARS-- I get really upset-- she is a famous daughter who had a baby while a teen-- and yet we "society" are rewarding her with MORE than her "15minutes of fame" .

I wasn't a young mom, when I got pregnant-- and my husband and I did take parenting classes, I have stayed home to be there for the kids when they need a parent. We go to church, we try to expose our kids to many different things that are positive and healthy. My husband and I have made hard choices just to hopefully benefit our children.
We are trying our best to do what we can to help our kids be their best-- why are we as a community, a society, giving SO MUCH OF our money to gas companies, why are we paying our sports stars SO much money, Why is CHINA making inferior products and then we still buy their poorly made products? 
If every child had the support, (teachers,mentors,parents--community)
they needed to succeed-- then~ what an amazing society we could have~! 
I have dear friends who homeschool their childeren and I think they are AMAZING(and that's only one word describing how AWESOME they are) ... but do we really want all of our children taught at home? There are some parents that NEED the support and guidence of a school setting,  for they are clearly not skilled at being a contributing member of society-- .
Please...consider these words~
Review of The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz:
"The core behind what Fritz teaches is that human behavior, like physics, flows along the path of least resistance. Just as water flows through a river along its path of least resistance, so does human energy. Though the path of least resistance can carry you in unruly directions – as it so often does – it can empower you to effortlessly flow towards your goals."

Our power is our money and our energy--
 let's put our money,and energy to work -- in EDUCATION!

Roller coasters and parenting

http://www.ehow.com/how_2330679_overcome-fear-roller-coasters.html

I am finding out that this parenting thing is alot like a roller-coaster ride-- at first glance it looks like fun, but then when you experience a bit more-- you develop a healthy respect for the emotions of fear/joy/ and thrills.
Because both of my kids have had challenges (Jessica medically-- and Shane sensory&behaviors)
 insert thought bubble here:  I aways thought  end thought bubble.
 that I should get a special pass-- either to the front of the line, or at least my own personal assistant.
Good thing reality knows how to pop these bubbles of mine!
If you click on the link at the top of the page and read though the instructions you might be surprised how much of the advise could be about parenting.
1. Remember the Physics-- (It took quite a while for you to "bake that baby"-- or even adopt and then you had to go through labor and also paperwork)
e=mc2 One of Einstein's great insights was to realize that matter and energy are really different forms of the same thing. Matter can be turned into energy, and energy into matter.

The energy we use as parents---

 shows up as the energy that

creates our children into (children that...) matter.!

2. Keep your Eyes open--  Pay attention to the little things, because all too soon those sweet things-- may change.
3. Pretend you are driving the roller-coaster!  Ha... ha ...  we may be the parent but realizing that parenting isn't about us as an individual is a key thing-- me thinks....:)
4. Start with the smaller coasters.  Uh, yeah.... I recommend prayer for this one-- pray that God, knows you well and that his sense of humor is not on overdrive.---  He won't give you more than you can handle, but he sometimes likes to fill your arms with WORK!
5. Just Do it... yup-- there aren't any short cuts to this parenting thing that I have found-- I have searched high and low, I have begged,pleaded -- I have read books, taken classes and even...spent much time in prayer.   We may not always get this parenting thing right-- but we have the ability to try again tomorrow.

So, anyway I had some challenges with my parenting attitude this weekend--
My kids were fighting -- which is not very normal for them--I asked them to STOP, I even used a loud voice and still they were fighting with each other-- finally in an act of desperation I got a small cup of cold water and --- I flung it on them. Jessica stopped the yelling/screeching  that she was doing and began to cry the ugly cry with her eyes getting larger with every tear. Shane stopped pummeling his sister and looked at me like ~ how dare you interrupt me?-- I was ahead of her-- in the game of ouch--.  I think they were both stunned to their cores-- I had never done something so shocking to them before.
But... it worked it got them to stop what they were doing and hear what I had to say. They both got time-outs and both had to apologize-- heck they even both grumbled that I was being mean and unfair-- I figured that there discontent with me .... was proof that I had done something right!.

Shane didn't do well at church-- our new curriculum has a ton of transitions and Shane went into overload mode -- he wouldn't listen-- focus or anything and the staff didn't call me to help -- so Shane was VERY distracting for the whole group of kids.  I didn't find this out until after church was over and I was picking him up.  I can and I want to be:  able to deal with my son-- but after the FACT... is not the best plan.  So, we came home from church and since Shane confessed in the car that he had made some bad choices with his body-- I had him write an apology letter.

A friend of mine that I have known since I was a teen passed away-- I am very sad-- we had re-connected on Face book-- but I had yet to really talk with her about how her life was-- and share with her how my life is.-- The only thing that about this that helps me manage my emotions-- is that she was a faithful follower of the Mormon religion. So, I know that she is in HIS arms.

There was also a death on my father's side of the family-- This Saturday I am going to that funeral at a Catholic church and although I want to go and share in the event-- I get so un-comfortable at catholic events-- I know I don't fit in and it makes me nervous.

Tomorrow we are going to celebrate Jerry and Shane's birthday's --
 at the park with a pinata, a silly string fight and cupcakes.-- I can't wait to see the pictures I will be taking!

And Life...goes on--- up and down and all around. Ya Got yer seat belt on? , ! Buckle UP!

By the way... God does have a sense of humor-- if you check out the video in my next post,  that is one of the worship songs that we sang while at church--  go ahead... call me Undignified!



Friendships

Yesterday I enjoyed the afternoon with two of my friends from high school-- well really from middle school-- There was a group of us who hung out together... we had some things in common
We all LOVED Duran Duran,{still do:) } and we all had family relationships that were challenging.
{I had not seen one of the girls since we graduated,all the way back in 1988! and the other I had not seen in at least a decade}
It was lovely to catch up on the past--- but it got me to thinking,
do teens (now a days...) think that their family is "normal" ?
do they spend their time saying," You think that is bad, listen to this..."
are there families that raise their children, in a way that helps them,
to see why people sometimes treat family differently than they might a stranger?
All of us girls seemed to realize that our families-- helped to create the women that we have become-- if our families would of been perfect... then we might not be the women we are now.

All those challenges we had growing up helped us -- learn

• to muti-task
• to learn the power of being quiet
• to learn to speak our needs with power and at times grace...
• to show and to speak words of Love and encouragement to our loved ones.
• To lean on OUR Father in Heaven.
• to use humor and not become stuck in our ways...(hopefully!)
• to accept the past as just the past-- and to hopefully move on and only use the past as a tool to help the future be brighter.

None of us graduated from college, but I do think that our life lessons were rich--

It was a good weekend, I am going to try to keep these friends closer than I have-- and I hope they realize how much they have meant to me.

Taking moments of Joy...

Normally, Jerry works 4 days and then has four days off--- his days are always 12 or 13 hour days-- and he works a month of day shift and then a month of graveyard. This month Jerry is working 18 out of the 31 days-- an then he also has a few days of "shows"(aka gig's ) with the band... Jerry is also golfing one day,in a tournament for his work.
My parent's have also agreed to have the kids for a weekend-- but as it happens Jerry will be working nights the weekend that the kids are gone at my parents'--.
The first full week of August we have sooo much planned,Jerry's family reunion, Jessica has an appointment in PDX with the kidney Dr's-- ultrasound to see if her kidney's are still the same size as last time.(one is a bit larger than the other..but that is Jessica's normal)and also urine tests and I bet yet another blood draw.
We also have an appointment for Jessica with the orthodontist-- We have to take our Betta fish, Marina to our friends' house for fish sitting, we also have to pack for 4 days of camping with my mother's family.
There is so much going on-- I have opted to be really slow with things at home, I have encouraged the kids to sleep in, I have let them just sit in bed and read books, I have sat outside with my feet in a bucket full of water and just laughed at the moment. Honestly, I feel like I am storing up riches of our very simple family life ! Ah...Joy!
My camera seems to "think" that IT gets to choose which pictures it uploads..Arrghhhh... so I need to make a trip to Walmart to get see if I can get a print or two of some pictures-- that I really wanted to post and share.
The kids have been mostly willing to do what is asked of them-- and motivated to earn rewards-- What simple Joy!
It sure feels like I am finally getting the home life I wanted all this school year...
Shane asked me why I named this blog Not for Profit, but for Joy-- I explained that I didn't want to profit off of the kids and the family, but instead value and profit off
of the Joy---
It sure feels like payday --

Speaking to children with Grace

I love my kids...
But there are times when I want to pull my hair and scream, I have however realized that hair pulling and screams will not solve the problem.
Because Jessica was a preemie we received Early Intervention Services, and along with that we were able to take parenting classes-- some were free and there were even a few that we paid to take more than once, since we enjoyed the class so much! (there was excellent childcare on site and Awesome snacks!-- yahoo,,,)
anyway... Both my husband and I wanted to do better than we had seen growing up , and so we both made a choice to do our best, and if that wasn't working...then we decided to be willing to try something else.
(That can be tough... you know the quick answer is a swat on the hand...but often the best answer is a re-direct and then a social story or a lesson, about good choices, bad choices)
We have learned that how we talk to our kids matters, and the tone of voice, whether we are on their level or above them matters... we have also learned that the volume, and cadence of our speech matters-- another key thing for us, is the amount of words used-- LESS is MORE~
All that being said, please choose carefully the words you say--- if you don't want them to scream in the shower, while at the pool, then tell them what they can do... "you can drink the water...(ewwww) but you can not scream, while in the shower..."(maybe that was a bad example..but you get the point...)
I overheard myself talking to Jessica -- and I had to stop and ask for an apology-- My words and tone were negatively affecting what I wanted to say. The topic was simply brushing her teeth, and then need to do better-- but my words were so harsh that the teaching moment was lost.--

Thankfully, children are resilient and

I don't believe permanent hard was done...

but I wonder how many parent's do stop to think -

-- about how the words I say have power,

how can I say this well and with GRACE?

on another quick note, Shane finished his testing with the psychologist... and he was VERY impressed with Shane, so many of the skills that Shane has are above the benchmark for his age, and only a few of his skills are somewhat lacking... I am very hopeful for next year, a new teacher, a new principal, a new plan... and a POSITIVE future!

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I got Shane's stuff from the school without seeing the teacher -- yay!

and here is a story he wrote...

Jamie Foxx the elephant went bowling and kept getting a strike on the pins. He actually won money for doing it and then he wondered "What should I do with all that money?"When he went to sleep that night he was dreaming that he had a motorcycle and that he was human so when he woke up he went and bought a motorcycle but it wasn't so easy to ride it for an elephant and that is the end of the story--

that is all I've got...

So, NEVER LET AN ELEPHANT RIDE A MOTORCYCLE!

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Sunny Day

The weather was nice today, sunny and only a bit of wind~
I have to confess that I seem to have a happier outlook on life when the weather is nicer. Shane had a great day at school... only about 4 or 5 time-outs (neither Shane nor the teacher could agree on how many) zero detentions! -- This week Shane, was/is allowed to have hot lunch-- The teacher reported that Shane ate his lunch with zeal-- and wasn't a behavior issue at all during lunch.
....hummmm
Then after lunch, Shane took the speech part of the schools' test for Autism, and I have never been more proud of my son-- he said, please,thank you, your welcome-- All this time I thought that my constant requests for "manners" were falling on deaf ears. I was wrong! He retained my comments! yahoo! It was a bit ummmm interesting when Shane told us (the speech teach & I)
I get time-outs when I sit on the carpet-- and then I raise my hand to ask a question~
Shane went on to say that he thought that was really stupid, getting time-outs for no reason!
Both the speech teacher and I explained to Shane that sometimes we have to just do what we are told.--- I don't think that he bought what we were selling... but we did make the attempt.:)

Later this week there is a trip to the orthodontist for Jessica, a kinder celebration for Shane, and also a trip to a local park for Shane, no school on Friday, and then our very last day of school is the 17th of June...
Jessica just thinks her teacher is the "best" and since she knows her teacher likes asparagus --that is what Jessica wants to give her as a gift---
what else should I put in a nice basket as a great teacher gift? Ideas?? Suggestions???

Why the "R" word needs to be retired

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Do you believe in the phrase
Sticks and Stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me?

I hope not.
Have you ever used the word retard?
I am sorry to say that when I was a teen-- and I didn't have a clue-- I did.
I am so very sorry that I ever thought it was funny,or cool.
My only excuse is that I was young and clueless.
I believe learned a lot of things since I was young and clueless--
I pray often that the lessons I believe I have learned show in my everyday life
The "r" word needs to be retired--and removed from conversations.
People, who are my parents' age--say --- what's the big deal?
"Heck, we never had car seats when we were kids, and if a toad was a toad --we called it a toad."
Well, now is the time for change

To quote Oprah, "When we know better, we do better---"
Let us all take this moment, and pledge to stop using the "r" word.
It serves no good purpose.

The foolish are like ripples on the water,For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced;But the righteous are like carvings upon stone,For their smallest act is durable. Horace

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped,Each time a man stands up for an ideal,or acts to improve the lot of others,or strikes out against injustice,he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. Robert F Kennedy


do your part, remove the "r" word from your vocabulary.

Mom to Mom...

I was over at It's Almost Nap Time

and there was a question for Mom's to Mom's---

what is the best advise you have ever received?

I thought about it and here are a few things that I have gathered so far~

• pick your battles-- if you are going to make a stand about something-- then do make that stand and ...STICK WITH IT!
• Sleep when they sleep--
• Parenting is not about you--personally -- it is about training your kids to be good kids.
• If you want them to stop doing what annoys you-- then tell them what they can do!
• Be Flexible, and apologize when necessary --ask for forgiveness when needed!
• Allow them to have frustrating,sad, and upset feelings-- but show them how to think about those feelings differently.
• Pray to God for big things and small things, pray and say thank you to God.
• Think out of the box for things to entertain the kids-- a plastic cup lid can be a free toy to a small child in a pinch!
• You be the parent and the one in charge-- not the child.
• Catch them being good and GIVE PRAISE!

So, anyway--- what do you think? --- comments please!

Current News Topics~

As a rule, I try to use this blog

• to figure things out,
• to share about my kids and
• to connect with others' that may I may learn from
  I try to stay out of the politics and drama that seem to be on the evening news every night-- however this post -- well it's different~
  

Salmonella ---

just typing that word gives me chills-- I remember when I was little and our dog got salmonella-- I was so scared that we would loose our pet.
As I sit here and type this, I listen to the evening news talk about the peanut company that sent out products contimanted with salmonella ~" FDA investigators found that the company discovered salmonella in its Blakely plant on 12 occasions in 2007 and 2008. The private lab that tested the products was not required by law to inform federal officials. "

As with most food born illenesses the very old and the very young are at risk-
It just breaks my heart that anyone... has to go though this--- My daughter went through E coli when she was a year and half old --- and she STILL has the effects of it. (no food born illness is pretty, and even after the initial sickness is gone there are left-over effects)
Jessica still has one kidney that is just a bit bigger than the other, and so every evening she takes a pill to keep her blood pressure "normal" --
Why.... why ... do we have so "much" and yet we are still at risk because the goverment doesn't have enough $$ to ..."protect us".
Is it really cheaper, to NOT check up on companies with bad polices, and just deal with the people who get sick?

Are we as a country of American's -- where we give to many,many other countries-- when ever we can --- Are we really ... okay with letting our very own get sick and possibly die ?


In the words of Bill Cosby "Come on people!"


Let's value those at risk in our country-- the very young,the very old and the "weak".



thanks for letting me get on my soap box and vent

An odd week--

It has already been an odd week-- and we are only half-way through it!

Monday, Shane had a melt down following a time-out at school
just as I was on my way to get my nails done--- I had to go and get Shane from school
He was being combative and physical. At first the staff wanted me to take him back down to the time-out room and "finish" his time out. (When I got to the school he wasn't even speaking-- he was just screaming every few moments--- clearly he had had enough!) I took Shane out to the car, and the school counselor followed with Shane's backpack-- holding on to Shane was hard enough without having to manage the backpack also. The counselor and I stood there and talked while Shane crashed around in the car-- (maybe not the best choice, but I needed a moment and he needed a moment also) Any way the counselor, recommended that he share the book

"How to Train a Child" with me--- I came home and googled it- here is a small portion~

When we speak of consistently rewarding every transgression with a switching (not a karate chop to the lower backbone), this mother can only see herself as further brutalizing children for whom it will do no good. Her discipline is just "laying down a field of fire" to give herself sufficient cover to get through to the next task. She doesn't hope to conquer their wills, just create enough diversion to accomplish her own mission



-- Let's just say..ah, No-- not for my family!

When Shane would finally talk, he said "I want to get fired from school, so I hit the teacher!"
It seems to me that Shane has become quite aware of how things work and is using everyone to his advantage-- he doesn't like to be at school and so if he hits and then cannot complete a time-out -- then he "gets" to come home. (It isn't any treats or TV when he gets home-- but I am sure that home is different enough that it has become a reward!)

After all the energy and planning I put into my kids-- public school ,for Shane, is just not meeting my expectations!

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I decided to try something new at home to see if that would help school-- I woke Shane and Jessica up with classic Queen--- A while back "someone" let Shane hear "We are the Champions"-- and he was hooked-- there is also a current Walmart commerical that has that song on it also-- So, I went ahead and put on the CD--- I have to say it was the best idea ...ever!

He got up -- stayed moving and was focused on following through with all my prompts! .

Then while Shane was at school --there were a bunch of staff observing him -- he was such a good boy -- he got rewarded with 6 "beep beeps" , he hasn't earned any beep beeps in the last few weeks.

Ummm... I wonder if he was behaving for the staff that were watching, or if the teacher was herself behaving ?

When I picked Shane up, the teacher didn't seem to be happy that Shane had a good day, I couldn't figure her out... -- I emailed the PH.d to see if she knew something I didn't- this was her response: I think she is just feeling anxious and defensive—she wants Shane to succeed but isn’t sure what to do and feels like it is her fault that he is struggling. That is not a fun place to be.

Ummm, I love my professional Ph.D --- she really puts things in perspective!

On Thursday there is another meeting that I need to be at -- it is all about showing the school and I how the First Steps to Success will look -- and I plan on bringing up the topic of time-outs--There has got to be another way for Shane to know that hitting is NEVER okay-- and also the school needs to be able to complete their time-out with Shane-- and not expect me to punish him on their behalf.

And then today Jessica has another appointment with the orthodontist today-- I never had braces myself-- so I don 't know how much pain there is going to be and I don't know how best to help her through the pain and discomfort.

Saturday Mornings

When my kids were little, I talked with Jerry about the things we wanted the kids to watch on TV--
I was able to convince Jerry-- who really LOVES TV that some "cartoons" would not be appropriate for the kids to watch--
We don't get cable and we have no plans to --- I already waste enough of my life just watching "regular TV".
But, this Saturday, I did find some really nice cartoons on TV!
And I just wanted to share with all of you--

We often watch Qubo, I find that most if not all of their shows are Christian based.The kids really like the Zulu Patrol,3-2-1 Penguins, Veggie Tales, and all the rest-.
I happened to be on a different channel and I came across Kewlopolis-- There was a show called the Dino Squad-- Teenagers that can become dinosaurs! -- The kids had watched this show before and so I sat there with them to see why they might like it---
Today, there was an episode about bee's and one of the characters' who helped to solve the problem,just happened to have Aspergers' I was so impressed with how they treated this topic-- they showed how Aspergers' can be--and then they used that character who had Aspergers' to be the solution to that problem.
What a great message to get out to kids!
What about you? Do you know of any "good TV cartoons"?

Painting new lines

The city sent the line painting crew out today--
to "enhance" the white line and
Also to re-paint the yellow double line
that runs through the middle of the street

I just thought that the visual of the re-painting, and the enhancing of what was already there-- really related to parenting-- and how we as parents need to take the time once in a while to re-paint and enhance the rules.But so many things get in our way, dirty clothes,dirty dishes, creating healthy and home-made food,drying crying eyes~ The list really is endless.
But the list is just that a list, we can choose to make it smaller,simplify it, or just erase it and start over--
{Shane is 5 almost 6 and Jessica is 7--- I really feel like it is time for the kids to start helping on a more regular basis-- }
What I am trying to do is to learn to ....delegate

I happen to be hoping for comments... so please comment below!

Parenting in the rain, and tears...

When my kids were little, I often found myself crying or holding back the tears-- a lot of that was from all of the hormones that Mommies have, but I do think it was that I felt so proud and encouraged that they were here, with me, What a treasure!

Now that they are older the tears don't come as often !!!!
But when they do, get me a box of Kleenex and give me an hour or so!

It has been raining this week and I do enjoy the rain, but there are times when I get the kids chanting, Rain, Rain go away... come again another day, and often the kids will take the time to pray and ask that the rain will just stop and come another day!

Last night I was talking with my big brother on the phone, and the topic was the new baby expected in February. We were talking about the choices that his wife was making about the babies room, colors and styles and such.
I laughed when my brother just mentioned that he wanted a leather couch... I still laugh... -- I love you my big, brother... !!! I love my sister-in-law also...!
My brother and sister-in-law thrive on cleanliness and order. I know that having kids is a messy, messy job, and although I know I am not a great cleaner,for me... having kids is more about getting thru the day, then it is about keeping every one clean...

Is there a connection between, rain,tears, and keeping kids clean--? I think there is ...
I think that no matter how much you plan, having a child is never how you thought, and if it does turn out like you thought, just wait a while and you WILL be surprised again..and again. This statement could be applied to the weather, the rain, and tears~

Since my kids are both different than ..."regular kids", I view my parenting in a different light, sometimes the greatest view of my kids is when they are sleeping, or when they aren't aware I'm watching, sometimes my moments of Joy are when I have to explain, yet again that my son is faced each day with extra challenges, or I have to talk with my daughter about, treating others with love,care, and kindness is a have to and not just a should, no matter what the crime.

Life &Parenting is such a challenge, but Letting go and Letting God, really helps me,; All the parenting classes in the world don't change that you as a parent must change also -- I think that is the toughest thing of all !
Kids are a blessing, and God has a plan for each of us, Let us not forget that we are only here to guide them and show them a good path.

It is a struggle to value each moment, good and bad, but the challenge is to know that ANY moment has value. Just as ANY child has value, because they are precious in HIS sight, not to mention ... the parents' sight!

Ah, well,. I guess this blog is morphing into a soap box,
I hope that by reading it,
it helps you
make the values you hold,
part of the changes you make !

If only the Mom's, and Dad's of the world
could use all the tears they shed as power,
Power to be the best Mom they can !