Relationships

“Many people of the older generation, think we young people don’t have the right stuff. Here’s why THEY ARE ALL WRONG!” “You know there’s a big difference between what you know and what you don’t know. But you don’t care about closing the gap.” Youth Speak: The universe is too vast a place for us to know everything about it. …

I was doing some work at the back of our house when I became aware that my son had quietly come to stand beside me. I looked up and my attention was caught by some black marks on his face. Puzzled, I asked, “What are those black marks on your face, Peter?” He was silent. But as I continued to …

In olden times there ruled a great and powerful king, whose name was Solomon. Upon succeeding to the throne, Solomon had been filled with awe at the mightiness of the task before him, prayed, not for wealth and fame- but for wisdom to govern justly. “For,” he said, “I am but a little child, and how should I discern between …

“How can those who raised the man you love make you so crazy?” Consider that they have known him his whole life. They don’t know you like he does. They might fear being replaced. You crave approval. There are few relationships fraught with as much potential for misunderstanding and missteps. But these relationships are also full of potential. Someone once …

“With admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees.” It all begins to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I’m on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I’m thinking, ‘Can’t you see I’m on the …

We hold the future in our hands because our children are tomorrow’s people. If we were allowed to bequeath only one quality – just one attribute – to our children, I wonder which we would choose? What would we consider to be the quintessence of goodness that is of the utmost importance for the human being to possess? Would we …

“Dealing with anger—how many times do we say things we regret? Discover three ways to bring our tongue under control.” I was in the car with my husband driving to meet our family for lunch. My husband chose a route to the restaurant that, in my opinion, took more time. I knew we had time constraints because we had to …

A farmer needs to get a sack of corn, a chicken, and a fox across a river in his small boat. He can only take one item with him each trip. He knows that if he leaves the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if he leaves the chicken alone with the corn sack, …

Reading is a passport to an enchanted world of travel, romance and adventure, floating with the genie on a magic carpet where ever the tale takes you. With reading, children can go anywhere in the world! They can be princes or princesses, paupers, emperors, jugglers, martians, explorers in space or…. The possibilities are endless! READING skills are extremely important, even …