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Every child matters! RT @teachersjourney It shouldn't matter how slowly...."- Robert John Meehan
This book is made up of 26 small essays that aim to provide understanding of and consolation for the trials and pleasures of parenting.
\"I will call the voice of this poet a 'common' voice... a voice a poet could take into an entire lifetime of memorable writing.\" --Philip Levine, PloughsharesThis second collection from APR-Honickman winner Tomás Q. Morín explores love gone sideways in the lives of lovers, parents and children, humans and the divine. Patient Zero is filled with voices--of all the people, places, and things that surround a life sick with heartbreak. Doors are the wooden tongues of a house, grocery-store cashiers are gatekeepers to the infinite, and food is the all-powerful life force behind every living thing.From Patient ZeroLove is a worried, old heart disease, as Son House once put it, the very stuff blues are made of, real blues that consist of a male and female, not monkey junk like the \"Okra blues\" or \"Pay Day blues,\" though I think House would agree two hearts of any persuasion are enough for a real blues, if one of them is sick, that sickly green of a frog bitten in two by the neighbor's dog, all of which makes me wonder about the source of our disease and whose teeth first tore the heart after Adam and Eve left the garden?...Tomás Q. Morín's debut poetry collection A Larger Country was the winner of the APR/Honickman Prize. He is co-editor with Mari L'Esperance of the anthology Coming Close, and translator of The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. He teaches at Texas State University and in the low residency MFA program of Vermont College of Fine Arts.
I can get really tired. You know that feeling. That bone-crushing exhaustion that feels endless. It does not abate. It is forever. (I know, not dramatic at all.) As women, we often feel that we must carry the weight of everyone’s schedules and emotions and needs. We fill our academic schedules to make sure we graduate
In celebration of the Porto City Theatre’s 87th anniversary, Rimini Protokoll presented 100% Porto, a performance that captured the diversity of the city. 100 inhabitants were placed on stage and divided them into categories such as age, gender, nationality and area of residence. Each one of them spoke in front of an audience about the joys and sorrows of their lives.
Anyone who grew up in a family with siblings recognizes the various types of sibling relationships in the household.
This novel traces a year in the life of Clare MacMillan, who is happily married and lives in Cape Town. Largely through the consciousness of Clare, the story is told of the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows that occur over the period of a year in the life of her family. This eventful year encompasses momentous family events, during which Clare needs to hold her nerve and maintain her balance. Her Christian faith is at the centre of her life, and sustains her, alongside the love of her husband and two sons. It is the permutations in the lives of these four family members that give the novel its drama and intensity. The narrative weaves easily through the different seasons of the year, keeping and engaging our interest all the way through. While the ending of the novel may not be conventional, it is ultimately life-affirming, and we are left with a positive feeling. We are moved by the love felt and shown between the characters, and by their courage and generosity of spirit, especially that of Clare as she consistently holds her family together. The young men Jerome and Matthew have their own narratives which are interwoven with those of their parents. The reader is drawn to all the characters with their dramas and melodramas. Ultimately faith triumphs over the events that challenge it, and hope helps overcome loss. It is a positive story of love and courage, faith and hope.
It is easy to get bogged down by the great number of things that we as mothers juggle all of the time. We can manage to keep it all going some of the time, but for all of us, there comes a time where it all crashes. We can't keep the schedule working, or we aren't getting healthy food on the table regularly. Our laundry threatens to consume us... When Jesus said that we should take no thought of tomorrow , He said it for us. He meant it for today. The needs of this day are enough to handle. How are you handling stress today? Give your concerns to Jesus." - Jackie Wellwood, One Hundred and One Devotions for Homeschool Moms As a young mom homeschooling several young ones I found two honest books that encouraged me through the daily grind and sacred work of being a mother. I don't think I have shared these in the past so here they are: One Hundred and One Devotions for Homeschool Moms Some of the chapters in this one include: Bone-Tired A Time for Order Distracted by Too Much Let's Quit I Need Support Passing the Wisdom Test Mothers Aren't Supposed to Be Sick A Bit Overwhelmed? Home Sweet Home Yes, Mommy is Crying A Peaceful Mom and her follow up to this is her second book: One Hundred and One More Devotions for Homeschool Moms Jackie is a mom to seven children and has also authored another book that I have enjoyed: The Busy Mom's Guide to Simple Living: Creative Ideas and Practical Ways for Making the Most of What You Have Her books are honest and simple--straight from a mother's heart. I hope you will be encouraged by her as I was. Some of these books are being sold for just a penny (used) on Amazon, so be sure to check it out! Are you encouraged here? I personally invite you to subscribe and get the latest posts sent to your inbox. Also, connect with us on Facebook and Twitter and get updates that are not posted here on the blog.
We, who live in the Machine Age, can scarcely imagine how our grandparents and parents, who came from a populous country, the home of their parents, and moved with them to the thinlysettled state of Texas, passed their youth - under circumstances and surroundings so entirelydifferent from those under which we grandchildren and children live.Therefore, we gladly listen when Grandmother or Grandfather tells of that time: the pioneerdays with their sorrows and joys!And so the children and grandchildren of Louise Fuchs have asked her to write down herReminiscences, so that those days will not vanish for us in the stream of time.Frieda H. Fuchs
Take one small boy abandoned by parents too young to cope. Add grandparent's with an abundance of devotion and a heart broken by their children's rejection. Gently blend their lives while adding the joys and sorrows life brings. It's the recipe for a life sweetly blended with love. Liz realized that raising Mark was her chance to give the love her own children had refused. He needed her; and she needed him to accept her values, love, and deep seeded morals. George had been placed in an orphanage during the depression years when his parents could not afford his care, and was a place he vowed never to see any of his kin raised.
Travis O'Connell was living his dream when a surprise on his doorstep causes his care-free world to slowly crumble around him. Finding himself suddenly thrust into fatherhood, Travis is forced to move back home with his parents to make ends meet. While learning to cope with the joys and sorrows of single parenthood as well as his parents strong faith, Travis must come to terms with who he is and who God has called him to be. Will he choose to follow the One that can break the hardness growing in his heart and become the father his daughter needs?
The heart of a parent breaks for a child who decides to walk away from their faith. Today, our prayer is for the wayward child in your life.
Character Development: Kindness and Empathy - Empower your children to become compassionate, considerate, and resilient individuals.
Close childhood friends link the past with the present for us. Many of the joys and sorrows of childhood lose their sweetness when one of your friends dies.
In the debut book, R.A.W. Emotions, Ra-Keish gave encouragement to others through her life experiences. She continues to grow in her journey of life through love, sorrows, joys and new seasons. It has taken time for Ra-Keish to return sharing words of encouragement to others, because she was not encouraged herself. After the loss of her parents, and other loved ones she is growing more as an independent woman. While the grieving process is challenging, Ra-Keish learned it is worth it to pick up the pieces of her life and continue to move forward. She has a GOD given purpose to uplift others with love through poetic words.Relearning to love herself and leaving the past behind makes her not only a Resilient. Anointed. Woman., but Simply Ra-Keish.
The joys and sorrows of my kids heading back to school are many. After navigating and surviving nine years of 'First Days of School,' I know what to expect when school in the Brainerd Lakes Area starts back up. Kinda. I don’t know this for sure, but highly suspect that parents all over my community (myself included) did a Happy Dance of Glee while secretly cracking open a bottle of celebratory wine after their youngsters boarded the big yellow bus to commence nine months of learning. The kids however, had a permanently plastered look of disdain on their little kissers
The mom's story made headlines.
The Never-Ending Joys of Parenting offers a poignant glimpse into Jim and June McConnell’s foster care and adoption journey—the joys, sorrows, and everything in between. Insightful, instructive, and entertaining, The Never-Ending Joys of Parenting will help—and inspire—all parents in their child-rearing journey. Included is a section to help readers understand fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and the symptoms and destructive effects of prenatal alcohol and drug use.
Photo capturing this boy's hand covered with pen marks representing times he was bullied at school causes discussion on Twitter.
