One evening
before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood
scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What are you
making?"
Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for
you and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up." The
four-year-old
smiled and went back to work. The words so struck the parents
that
they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their
cheeks.
Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening
the
husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family
table.
For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family, and
for
some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a
fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.
Children
are remarkably perceptive. Their eyes ever observe, their ears ever
listen,
and their minds ever process the messages they absorb. If they
see
us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere for family members, they
will
imitate that attitude for the rest of their lives. The wise
parent
realizes that every day the building blocks are being laid for the
child's
future. Let's be wise builders and role models.
"Lord, we
ask not that you move the mountains, but that You give us
the
strength to
climb." "Life is about people connecting with people,
and making a
positive
difference".
You know your living in 2002 when...
1.
You just tried to enter your password on the microwave.
2.
You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family
of
three.
3.
You call your son's beeper to let him know it's time
to eat.
He e-mails you back from his bedroom, "What's for dinner?"
4.
Your daughter sells Girl Scout Cookies via her web site.
5.
You email several times a day with a stranger from South
Africa,
but you haven't spoken with your next door neighbor this year.
6.
You check the ingredients on a can of chicken noodle
soup
to see if it contains Echinacea.
7.
Your grandmother asks you to send her a JPEG file of
your
newborn so she can create a screen
saver.
8.
You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone
to
see if anyone is home.
9.
Every commercial on television has a web-site address
at the
bottom of the screen.
10. You buy a computer and 6 months later it is out of
date and now
sells for half the price you paid.
11. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you
didn't have
the first 20 or 30 years of your life, is cause for panic, and you
turn
around to go get it.
12. Using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make
a purchase
would be a hassle and take planning.
13. Cleaning up the dining room means getting the fast
food bags out
of the back seat of your car.
14. Your reason for not staying in touch with family is
that they do
not have e-mail addresses.
15. You consider second-day air delivery painfully slow.
16. Your dining room table is now your flat filing cabinet.
17. Your idea of being organized is multiple-colored Post-it
notes.
18. You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of in
person.
19. You get an extra phone line (or a ADSL/cable modem)so
you can get
phone calls.
20. You disconnect from the Internet and get this awful
feeling, as
if you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
21. You get up in morning and go online before getting
your coffee.
22. You wake up at 2 am to go to the bathroom and check
your E-mail
on your way back to bed.
23. You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
24. You are reading this.
25. Even worse, you're going to forward it to someone else
by e-mail!
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