It’s hot! It’s sharp! It’s poisonous! It’s dangerous! It was so easy when they were little. But the older my kids get, dangerous gets a little more ambiguous. Can music be dangerous? Movies? A computer? Yes, yes and yes! It takes a lot of monitoring—and I am just not a detail person. Then I heard this speaker. She was younger than me and didn’t even have kids – but she worked with them. She said, “I talk to a lot…
G raduation means you’re ready and going away. R eally, I would much rather that you choose to stay. A ll eighteen years have skipped by me so fast. D o you remember the times I treasure from the past? U are beautiful, accomplished and amazingly wise… A s you walk, this thought dawned on me with such surprise. T hough you’re clearly equipped, I fear I’m not prepared. I know, from a breaking heart, I will not be spared.…
Cinderella… she was ever hopeful, beautiful, and selfless. She was kind and generous. In stark contrast to Cinderella, her step-sisters were callous, selfish, and lazy. In today’s world, they’d probably have their own credit cards – without a spending limit, use social media as a means for cyber-bullying and believe fame (of any kind) to be the ultimate standard for success. When my daughter was about two years old, she was obsessed with Cinderella and all of the princesses. The…
When she has a Fender Bender Last night I answered my phone and heard nothing but sobs – I hate those calls. It was my daughter and after what seemed like minutes (but was really seconds) I heard, “Mom, I just got in an accident.” Here’s the story: My daughter went to the mall and parked in the parking garage. By the time she left, it was night and dark. She was talking on her phone as she slowly exited…
When Someone Asks Her Out on A Date It was Friday night, football game. There was a big game that night. I arrived a little late so my daughter went ahead of me. As I round the corner of the concession stand, a group of my friends animatedly grab me and say, ” Susan, where’s _____ (insert name of any of my daughters because I can’t tell everything!)?” I say, “Well, she’s somewhere here.” They say, “So and so, brought…
I read this quote, and it was convicting and liberating at the same time… “It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing.” Mother Teresa Convicting – because I don’t know that in my multi-tasking madness I put enough love into what I am doing. Liberating – because I can’t do it all, but if I do what I can with love it will count more. Today I am going to serve…