Monthly archive: January 2009
Jan
Children and Parents
Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play.
Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.
Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the [...]
Jan
The Friendly Stranger
A few years after I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small Clover, South Carolina town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on..
As I grew up, [...]
Jan
The White Rose
I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
The boy couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
The Cashier said, ‘I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough money to buy this doll.’
Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to [...]
“Our Father in Heaven
whose Love is Divine,
Thanks for the love
of a Mother like mine—
And in Thy great mercy
look down from Above
And grant this dear Mother
the GIFT of YOUR LOVE—
And all through the year,
whatever betide her,
Assure her each day
that YOU are beside her—-
And, FATHER in HEAVEN,
show me the way
To lighten her tasks
and brighten her day,
And bless [...]
Jan
Childhood Memories
Many years ago, Arthur Gordon wrote in a national magazine, and I quote: “When I was around thirteen and my brother ten, Father had promised to take us to the circus. But at lunch time there was a phone call; Some urgent business required his attention down town. We braced ourselves for disappointment. Then we [...]
Jan
A New Day Dawns
A new day dawns – quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes – quite like other hours. But in that day, and in that hour, the chance of a lifetime faces us!!!
Debt FREEDOM