CAPITAL OF MISSOURI A mother was listening to her little boy say his prayers. "Thank you, Father, for Mommy, Daddy... and please make St. Louis the Capital of Missouri." His surprised mother asked, "Why did…
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MOTHER KNEADED HIM The Pillsbury dough-boy was recently interviewed and asked how he could always maintain such a joyful disposition in spite of the fact he was a bit overweight and so pale in complexion.…
FEET AND SHOULDERS If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.By Abigail Van Buren
PARENTING WITH TOUGH LOVE Harold Wilek, who born with no arms tells the story of when he was two or three years old and was struggling to get a shirt over his head and around…
SECOND STRING FATHER Dennis the menace is giving a stunned Mr. Wilson a hug and says: "You know what Mr. Wilson? You're like a second-string father to me!"From "Dennis The Menace," January 18, 1991"
DID GOD LOSE SOMEONE? A little girl was looking out the window during a lightning storm. She was clearly in awe of the storm. Her father walked over to his daughter and asked her if…
THE BETTER PART OF MOM A young mother was trying to get her work done as her daughter Tracy watched her. The mother had bread dough on her hands -- the daughter had time on…
TEEN RENT Kevin, a friend of mine who lives at home, is not the neatest person in the world. One day his mother was lecturing him. "Look at your room!' she yelled. "It's a disaster!…
ERMA BOMBECK'S TEN TIPS Never turn your back on a two-year old. Never pick out a Mother's Day gift that you cannot afford. When traveling on an airline, check the children and sit next to…
Children | Communication | Discipline | Family | Guidance | Mother | Mothers | Obedience | Parenting
SELECTED MOMILIES I 'm only doing this for your own good. I'm not asking you... I'm telling you. Just because parents are allowed to do something, doesn't mean kids get to do the same thing.…
MOM AND THE CATSUP There was a father and son who went camping and spent the weekend together. On the way home, the father said, "There now, wasn't that fun?" The boy responded, "I guess…
A GOD WITH SKIN A mother was trying to reassure her little girl as she put her to bed in a darkened room. "Honey, you don't need to be scared. Remember God is going to…
Attitude | Caring | Children | Family | Guidance | Love | Mother | Parenting | Personal | Protection
MOM HAS IMPOSSIBLE JOB DESCRIPTION It's a typical family scene, Blondie is fixing supper, she and her daughter are having a discussion. The daughter says, "But all the kids are going!" To which Blondie replies,…
THE VALUE OF A WOMAN Ladies, do you realize that men commit over 90% of the major crimes of violence in America? (100% of the rapes; 95% of the burglaries; 70% of the suicides; 91%…
AN EXTENDED HOME I recall a summer Sunday evening some years back. Jan and I had only one son at the time, and she and our son were visiting her parents in Amarillo. I was…
OPINIONS OF MOTHERS The village philosopher says the most accurate evaluation of a man lies somewhere between the opinions of his mother-in-law and his mother.From "The Way I Heer'd It" by Jim Reed, The Ozarks…
SHAPING THE CRUST -- SHAPING THE CHILD Proverb 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Chuck Swindoll says that…
I WILL TOO At the wedding of my friend's daughter, the minister asked Randy, the nervous young groom, "Will you take Dianne to be your lawfully wedded wife?" This was met by a long silence.…
INSULT UPON INSULT A five-year-old girl was visiting her grandparents. She was an unruly child and showed very little respect for her grandparents. After yet another embarrassing episode with her grandmother, her humiliated mother sought…
DON'T DIVORCE Dr. Paul D. Meier, a noted Christian psychiatrist, wrote awhile back: "Divorce is never necessary-- not even in cases where adultery is involved." He then goes on to state: "There are only three…
