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Creating Peace in the Home

It is important to create a sense of peace in the home. Your home should be a sanctuary to which everyone wants to come and stay. Having peace in the home will also influence the success and happiness for all of the members of the family. If everyone is happy at home, they can go out into the world from a good balanced place. Here are some thoughts on creating that sense of peace. It is hard to have a sense of peace in the home where chaos rules. That is why a home should be somewhat tidy. Notice I … Continue reading →

Is the World More Peaceful?

I see it often expressed that we are living in a world of increased darkness and chaos. Fears of terrorism reach a diversity of people, regardless of ethnic background, location or social class. People are afraid to ride the subway, sit down in a café, and this isn’t just in the Land of Israel, but the fear penetrates even in former safe havens, such as Middle America. Right now, we are worried about Iran and its nuclear capabilities; its declared enemies are the U.S. and Israel, which it plans to “wipe off the map (but we are approaching the holiday … Continue reading →

Spouses and Past Lives

What do you think about past lives? Do you believe in them? Do you ever wonder if you lived one and who you were or what you did? Once upon another blog, I half-joked that I thought I’d been a mommy to a gaggle of kids in my past lives and that’s why I don’t want kids now. Wayne used to laugh when I suggested such a thing, but not anymore. Civil War Unease This past weekend we decided to do something we’ve been doing more and more lately: take a little road trip. We set our sites on Stones … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for April 14-20

In case Spring Fever bit you hard and you’ve been out enjoying any nice weather in your area instead of keeping up on Lyn and I’s musings, here’s your handy Week in Review to catch you up on what we wrote about on: Monday, April 14 Already this year I learned what “Love Is” from Families.com members and decided to note some of their secrets and lessons I’ve learned. Because of a book she’s reading and learning from, Lyn wondered where are your priorities? The ones suggested in the book came as a shock to her and she explained why. … Continue reading →

Month in Review: Adoption Blog, December 2007

I began the month with a book review that tied in to my November series on coping with discrimination and racism. The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate is based on an inspiring true story of how a town in Montana came together when Jewish and African-American families were terrorized. Then I ran Part One and Part Two Part Two of Is It Okay to Be Choosy? regarding the comments adopting parents often get that if they “really wanted to help”, they’d choose the most needy child or the one with the most special needs–and sometimes we lay this … Continue reading →

Present Circumstances or Past Issues?

Most of us single parents know by now that part of our healing and recovery and getting ready to face the future, means that we have to learn how to let go of the past. It can get confusing, however, when there seems to be some “overlap.” How can we deal with present circumstances without bringing up past issues? The truth is, current events can very easily bring up triggers or past situations for any of us—not just single parents. But for single parents, we have little reminders all the time of a different family dynamic or a rocky past—letting … Continue reading →

Coming to Peace With the Past

While holding on to the past is a pretty common theme for single parents–and it can take us a while to let go of guilt, anger, disillusionment, etc.–coming to peace with the past and learning to let go and live in the present really is the healthy thing we can do. It is the healthiest things for our families, for ourselves, and for our futures. Someone once told me that I would know when I had fully recovered from a painful past when I could actually be “grateful” for it. Now, at the time, I thought that was the craziest … Continue reading →

Overcoming Fear – Part 4

In recent blogs I’ve been looking at practical ways of overcoming fear. When fear grips us, the place to turn is to God’s Word. This is what we have done in a recent situation, where fear has been threatening my husband and me and trying to gain ascendancy. To help with this, my husband bought ‘Rick Warren’s Bible study methods -Twelve ways you can unlock God’s Word,’ from our local Christian book shop. As we flicked through deciding which of the twelve methods suggested, we found one titled the Topical Method of Bible Study. Considering the fears that had been … Continue reading →

General Conference From the Past: Reverence Invites Revelation

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In October 1991, Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve gave a talk entitled “Reverence Invites Revelation.” He speaks of the need for reverent behavior and how such quiet can usher in the delicate promptings of the Holy Spirit. Elder Packer begins by warning those who seek to study the gospel from an intellectual perspective only. The promptings of the spirit do not come by intellect alone, but by feeling. He warned that several groups within the church were focusing too much on measuring doctrine and ordinances by the mind alone. With this warning past, he turned … Continue reading →

Having Respect for the Past

One of the struggles and issues we single parents face is how to make peace and sense of a past that may have been troublesome and unpleasant. Many of us would rather just block everything out and forget what we’ve been through on our roads to becoming single parents—especially if we found our way to single parenthood through divorce or death. However, coming to some sense of peace with the past and actually being able to create and cultivate some respect for our past can actually be the very best thing for our children… It certainly doesn’t come overnight—at least … Continue reading →