Thursday Swap

In case you don’t know. Tam does something called Thursday swap over at her corner of the internet.

If you don’t know Tam, you really should.  She has an awesome husband and a great funny family (but doesn’t use punctuation or capitols.. unlike me, I use them whenever and where ever I want).  From all the tweets and comments I’ve read, everyone admires her children.  If you don’t know her story, read it here. It literally speaks the love of God.  You cannot afford to not read it.(did I word that right?)  But… today is not about me… so without further ado, I give you….. Tam

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we’ve been talking about family, kids, open communication and sex over at my place this week. ive always felt that families today arent near as open with one another as i feel they should be. we live in a society where we let other people do our work. the work of the family, the parent. we defer way too much to the schools. public and private. in fact, i found that when our oldest went to a private christian school, for kindergarten and 1st grade, we became very relaxed in our responsibilities at home. like, talking about God, reading the bible and even praying with her. in the back of my mind i knew she was gettin all that stuff at school, so i didnt feel as guilty when i let it slip and slide in our home.

parents? we have to be proactive. we need to be. our kids need us to be. being and doing so shows our children we care. shows them they are important enough to us to take the time to tackle the hard stuff because they are worth every ounce of effort and energy we can give them. is it always easy? no. is it always convenient? nope. but does that mean we dont do it? of course not.

and even though we’ve always heard that it takes a village to raise a child, which i agree with, it doesnt mean we step back and let the village do it alone.

ive been told before “youre so lucky you have such good kids!”. seriously? do you think it was really luck? no. its been, and still is, the hardest thing we’ve ever done. but when something means the world to you…you will go the ends of the earth for it.

its time we take back our families and our roles as parents seriously. the future of our young ones depend on it.

as andy and andrea prepare for their first born i believe they will be phenomenal parents. ive read their written words, which i believe are the desires of their hearts, and am convinced they will pour every bit of themselves into their family.

lets remember to pray for them. to pray for each other and our children. THAT is the best thing we can do for one another!