Focusing on Family

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Focusing on Family

Stories for Kids,    Parenting,    Motherhood,    Fatherhood,   Marriage

Marriage

• What is Real Love?

• God Renewed my marriage

• Romance - Keeping it Alive

• My Husband isn't Meeting my Needs!

• Why is my marriage in a state of conflict?

• My husband is too strict...

• How do my spouse and I get on the same page?

• Are you Humble?  What is Humility?

• Grumpiness Problem

• Building up your Husband

• Faithful to your Man

 

PARENTING for adults

• 12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child

• The ABC's of Parenting Teens

• Spending Quality Time with your Kids - 8 suggestions

• Teaching your kids values - 10 top ways

• Paid in Full - a little boy negotiates with his mom (a bit of humour)

• Please Go Away Grandma

• Run Away Child - a new perspective on being the prodigal son or daughter

• She fell in the Hot Tub

• She walked away from us

• "Your Son was shot"

• Rewards of Having Children

 

Reflecting on Fatherhood

• Quotes about Fathers

• Why Fathers are Special - Comments from our Visitors

• My Dad's Love  Frank shares a true story of how his father's love affected his life.

• Bible Verses for Fathers

• Godly Fathers - a Biblical perspective

• How my Son Changed my Priorities.  The Ed Becker story

• Appreciation - My Dad Thought he had no Friends

• Do it Now!! - I was prompted to see my dad and I did it.

• Norm Brown's story - Our first child was born - a daughter. She had cerebral palsy and God has used her to teach me patience, compassion, love and understanding. I can thank God every day for our daughter. She is a special gift from God.

• Unending Guilt - a woman couldn't forgive herself for going against her father's wishes.

• My Daddy is a Man - a story about being proud of our father

 

Reflecting on Motherhood

• A Mother's Special Promise - a touching story

• A Mother's Marvelous Love - a story of sacrificial love

• Quotes about Mothers

• Celebrating our Mothers - are we honouring the special people in our lives

• King David's Mother - Mother's Day poem

• Mother of Jabez - Mother's Day poem

• Another 'Mother Teresa' - meet Merle Henegan

• Samson's Mother

• Knitting projects for Unwed Mothers

• Mother - Child Bond

• A Tribute to Mothers of Special Needs Children

• Holy Cravings - do we crave God's word like a newborn craves it's mothers milk?

• Ma'am your Son was Shot

• Story of SIDS from a Mother's perspective

• Grandma Kehler's letter to Spenser

• "Your Mother is Lost"

* See our Mother's Day section as well

 

STORIES for kids

• A Baby Horse

• Stronger than a Crocodile

• Lady Pen - what is a lady pen?

• Dandelions - a flower with determination

• Kill Deer Birds - are they ever good at hiding

• Birds: Blue Jays and Thrushes

• My Grandma, My Hero

• My Grandma's Button Jar

• A Grandson reflects on how special his grandma is.

• God gives Pedro a Dog

• God is Kind