You see, if everyone is special, then no one is. -David McCullough, Jr., You Are Not Special and Other Encouragements, p. 308 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character. -Romans 5:3-4 I pounced the moment it hit my inbox. What self-respecting parent could resist this subject…
One of the biggest perks of parenting are all the low-cost life lessons. Likenings abound with kids around; we compare our realities to deeper spiritual realities. Mohawks and BopIt!s are fresh from last week. Mohawks Gabe had a mohawk. Technically, it was a fauxhawk. But, hair today, gone tomorrow. Or last Saturday; Gabe’s lasted five days. (The ‘stache stuck…
Mother, Mother, Watch and Pray Mother! Mother! Watch and pray, Fling not golden hours away! Now or never, plant and sow, Catch the morning’s earliest glow. Mother! Mother! Guard the dew, While it sparkles clear and true. No delay! The scorching noon May thy treasures reach too soon. Mother! Point them to the sky, Tell…