Watching my sweet child’s frustration rise over missing socks that October school morning, I experienced an epiphany that changed my view of tedious tasks forever: clean socks have power.
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Although we don't always have control over whether parents (birth or adoptive) are part of our lives or whether we have siblings, a spouse, or children, we can control whether we have and grow friendships.
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One night after I brought my first baby home from the hospital, my husband returned from work to find me crying on the bed in the dark. I was holding the baby, who was also wailing, and I was in near-total shutdown mode. I had tried everything in the books to soothe him, but nothing worked. I felt like giving up.
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Keeping our emotions in check, responding in godly ways, and not being overly swayed by the acted-out feelings of others is critical to a life of peace. But it’s easier said than done.
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Although it was easy for me to show parental love to my kids when they were infants and toddlers through constant care, frequent cuddling, and sweet words, demonstrating my love as they grew was sometimes more of a challenge. Check out THIS RESOURCE for a printable graphic of these ideas!
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God tells us to “rejoice always, pray continually and give thanks in all circumstances.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16). But in the early days of the pandemic, I wondered how to rejoice while the whole world was mourning.
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Parenting is the BEST. It’s also exhausting! This is a short essay I wrote for the Richmond Times Dispatch after my 3rd child (of 4) left for college. Can you relate?
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