This was originally written twelve years ago, when my seven children were ages 8 to 25. Choosing My Battles Wisely A young mother recently asked me, “If you had one piece of advice for parents of teens, what would it be?” I replied, “Choose your battles wisely, and don’t sweat the small stuff.” When my children were little I would listen to my favourite music from the 60’s when they weren’t around, because I was ashamed of it. Somewhere along…
People often ask, “Why do the good die young?” Why did my father die at 38, leaving behind a 28-year-old widow with three children, 7 and under? Why did my first husband die at age 30? Or my oldest son when he was 25? Or my son-in-law when he was 43? People come up with various “answers” to make themselves feel better, and many of those “answers” are downright wrong. Even the best of them miss the point. The point…
Toward the end of December, 2019, I saw the challenge on Facebook to choose one word for 2020, which would be my theme for the new year. I don’t like feeling like I’m squeezed into someone else’s mold, and I refuse to jump on the bandwagon just because someone else thinks I should. However… I loved the idea of a motto we had at Prairie Bible Institute, back in the 1980’s. The Junior class would secretly formulate a motto from…