It’s a wonderful thing to turn 18. It only happens once as we know, but it hit me hard when my first baby finally turned the big 18. Not because I was sad, but because I had to be responsible for the Church building or she couldn’t have the party there… I just don’t want to clean up after these kids! The...
read moreI have been talking about love as a right a child should expect from a parent. In the previous article, principle based love was mentioned, to which a reader connected to ‘unconditional love’. I agree. What conflicts in my mind however (and this is only my opinion here, BTW) is the misunderstood application of...
read moreYesterday I talked about different types of love and about confronting my own children and Sunday School class about my feelings towards them. In all cases, they knew without doubt that I loved them. Not just my own children, but the kids I teach. I believe Love is the foundation of being a parent. Yet we have bad examples around us...
read moreThe basic foundation principle of a parent, at least in my own mind, should be love. Now love is actually a big subject, especially when the world has distorted, misused, chopped up, mutilated and all but destroyed the definition of the word. From a loving mother, holding her new child in her arms after birth, whispering it for the...
read moreLast night I had a parents dream and nightmare mixed together. A young man knew my oldest daughter turned 18 last Sunday and he came to our home and asked to court her. You say: The guy actually asked your permission? Yup. You say: Did my daughter know it happened? Yup. She was sitting there with me, the young man and her mother. I...
read moreI’m sitting here at the Riverton Library in Utah and watching an adorable brother and sister (not more than 3 years old), sheepishly follow behind their mother. The little boy saw a colorful book on one of the lower display cases and reached out to touch it…bringing down the entire display, crashing to the floor. The...
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