“Hitting is never the best way to teach a child. Even in the case of real danger – as when a child runs out into the road – you can grab him, sit him down, look him in the eyes, and tell him why he must never do that again. The panic in your voice … Continue reading
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Current EVEntS – Congresswoman Ms. Eleanor Holmes Norton is an Arrogant Ditz
This radical, second-wave feminist, is a disgrace. She is nothing more than a tiresome troublemaker with an arrogant “attitude”, who consistently demands that the laws, which govern her district, be circumvented to cater to her constituents “needs.” In reality, her nasty, confrontational disposition has nothing to do with her constituents and everything to do with her. … Continue reading
The Miracle of Motherhood – Peggy O’Mara
“Don’t stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go to your baby a million times. Demonstrate that people can be trusted, that the environment can be trusted, that we live in a benign (gentle) universe.” To do otherwise is to follow the … Continue reading
See You In September
Hello Everyone, As you know, this blog is about women and their need to renew their vital relationships with their families. I am taking my own advice and will be spending the remainder of the summer with my family. As a result, I will be taking a break from blogging. If something strikes me as … Continue reading
The Miracle of Motherhood – Bible – 1 Samuel 1:27-28
“For this child I prayed, and God granted me my petition which I asked of Him. Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord.”
Quote: Caroline B. Cooney on The Good Guys
“I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.” An excellent premise upon which to write books for impressionable young adults. kqd Please read my related post – The Good Guys Vol.#2 Essay 5
The Miracle of Motherhood – Mrs. Harrietta Oxnard Ward
“Education is the mental railway, beginning at birth, and running on to eternity. No hand can lay it in the right direction but the hand of a mother.”
The Miracle of Motherhood – Shirley Jackson
“The third baby is the easiest…You know, for instance, how you are going to look in a maternity dress about the seventh month, and you know how to release the footbrake on the baby carriage without fumbling amateurishly.” Although I fault Ms. Jackson for deceptively creating the “sinister underside of small town America” through her … Continue reading
The Miracle of Motherhood – Colette
“To talk to a child, to fascinate him, is much more difficult than to win an electoral victory. But, it is more rewarding.”
The Sacrament of Marriage – Catechism of the Catholic Church
“God who created man out of love also calls him to love the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being. For man is created in the image and likeness of God who is himself love. Since God created him man and woman, their mutual love becomes an image of the absolute and unfailing love with … Continue reading