Families

These days the meaning of family is changing. When our children were young it meant hugging and loving them, feeding them, playing and reading with them, and packing them up to take them with my husband and me wherever we were going. Now that they are 15, 11 and 8, all that is changing. We continue to hug and love them, and feed them, but the playing, reading and packing up and going is not the same. Everyone has a different concept of what fun is, what they want to read, and where they want to go.

At first, seeing my children growing up was not easy because that meant I would need to clip their wings, have less control over their lives and eventually let them go to the world. Would this mean that my husband and I would someday be alone? Was I ready for that? Well no, I am not ready to do that quite yet, but as the parenting coach, Tim Smith has said, "parenting goes from control when they are young, to coach when they are teens, to consultant when they leave adolescence."

As you kiss those little noses today, and change those diapers, think about what great a consultant you one day will become, remember that each day is an opportunity to lead those babies toward independence.

Remember to pray for them - God needs to hear from you.
BFN. Nina