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Happiness is the By-Product of a Life Well-Lived

Happiness is the By-Product of a Life Well-Lived

Women gave me a hard time when I wrote that I was not a fun mother and this doesn’t matter to me since fun wasn’t important to me; teaching my children about the Lord and His ways, disciplining and training them, and nurturing them was what was important to me. This proved the point of my post which was that women today believe that being a fun mother is very important. What about a mother like me who was very…

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Regret Over Having Children

Regret Over Having Children

In reading through the book of John, I am struck that right before Christ was going to be crucified, He had a Passover dinner with His disciples and said this, “If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.” (John 13:14, 15) The Creator of the universe came down in the flesh to pay…

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Was I a No-Fun Mother?

Was I a No-Fun Mother?

Several women accused me of being a no-fun mother on a post last week because I didn’t toot, burp, or take pictures with my tongue hanging out. If this is the definition of a “no-fun” mother, then it defines me to a tee since I didn’t do these things nor did I teach my children to do them. It seems to me that younger mothers exalt being a “fun mother” above all else. So what if their home is a…

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