I wrote Overprotective Parents, Underdeveloped Children: Part 1 over two years ago yet it still seems to be a popular post on this site. I would now like to take the time to address this issue again and also add some insight and wisdom (if you can call it that) that I have gleaned over the past two years working with and teaching to Overprotective Parents.
Picking Your Child's Future Spouse.
I read a book once that delved into the psychology of women, if one really can, that talked about the importance of family life and specifically a fathers influence on his daughter and her future choices in life. A father models a young girls perceptions of how a man treats a woman by watching her mother and father interact.
A FATHER'S LEGACY PRAYERS
Your heart sometimes just won't stay still as you think of the children of your legacy and the challenges and the troubles they'll face. So you pray. They run, they play, they bump into things and owies are abundant. So you pray. They do bad things and you wish for them better. So you pray. We talk about "Grandmother's Prayers." Fathers and grandfathers pray, too. The effect is an investment in their legacy.
Remembrance
FRAMING OUR LEGACY
A Tribute to Mom
A mother's love who can bear, only those who have no heart. This past Friday, I received word at midnight that my mother went to be with the Lord at 10:30pm at night. She was being comforted by my niece, Kelly, who was cradling my mother's face with her hands and singing "Jesus loves me."
Words cannot explain the feelings of love, admiration and comfort that I have when it comes to my mom, so I am not even going to try. She has taught me to love. She has taught me to be gracious even when the circumstances call for poor reactions, not that I always listened.
The thing that you learn from people in death is the special things about that person that may not have been constantly reminded. I don't say that to offend, rather, I say that as to remind us how busy we let life get and how often we forget the things that matter so much: Family & Friends.
My mother's death is bitter sweet. Bitter because she is no longer here on earth for my dad and to be with my dad. Bitter because I love her so much and I get welled up when I think of how much she loves me. The sweet comes in knowing that she is in Heaven. Knowing that she is no longer in pain, no longer tired and no longer frustrated with poor health - she has been redeemed and been made anew in Christ.
I look forward to the day when I know that I will meet her again. In the meantime, I pray, "Dear Lord, please be gracious to my dear mom as she loves you and I so. Please give her all the comfort and joy that you can while she is away from us. And Lord, if it be your will, remind me of the little things of her every so often so as to make my soul no longer yearn, but to feel the depth and warmth of your Love."
The Lord gives and He takes away, but blessed be His name.
I love you mom,
Your Son,
Dante
LEGACY: GOOD LIFE INSURANCE
Life insurance is all about preparing your legacy for the future. That's why your legacy is Life Insurance. Popped into my head after a morning on T and FB and other blogs. Why? Because of the law of thermodynamics. Expanding universe and growing human and earth history means the energy comes from somewhere. My vote is the slowing pace of Hope in the future is what’s being lost to the universe. WAIT, that's all wrong.
Podcast - The Five Love Languages of Children Part 2
To be their best, children need to feel loved. But if you and your child speak different love languages, your affection might get lost in translation, affecting the child’s attitude, behavior, and development. Dr. Gary Chapman’s groundbreaking Five Love Languages series has helped millions of couples communicate love more clearly, and Dr. Ross Campbell M.D. has applied the innovative system to children as well.