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A few things from Ann Landers' columns that I keep on my refrigerator
for the days I need them........
| A Mother's Prayer | A Prayer For Parents | If You Watch Mine | Golden Rules For Easier Living |
| A Mother's Prayer |
| Oh God, I was so cross to the children today! Forgive me. I was discouraged and tired - and I took it out on them. Forgive my bad temper, my impatience and, most of all, my yelling. I am ashamed as I think of it. I want to kneel down by each of their beds, wake them up and ask them to forgive me. But I can't. They wouldn't understand. I must go on living with the memory of this awful day, my unjust tirades. Hours later I can still see the fear in their eyes as they scurried around, trying to appease me - thinking my anger and maniacal raving was their fault. Oh God, the pathetic helplessness of children! Their innocence before the awful monster - the enraged adult. And how forgiving they are - hugging me so fervently at bedtime, kissing me goodnight. All I can do is straighten a cover, touch a small head burrowed in a pillow and hope with all my heart that they will forgive me. Lord, in failing these little ones whom you have put in my keeping, I am failing you. Please let your infinite patience and goodness replenish me for tomorrow. |
| - Marjorie Holmes |
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| A Prayer For Parents |
| Oh, God, make me a better parent. Help me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to respond to their questions kindly. Keep me from interrupting and contradicting them. Make me as courteous as I would have them be to me. Give me the courage to confess my sins against my children and to ask them for forgiveness when I know I have done wrong. May I not vainly hurt the feelings of my children. Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule for punishment. Reduce the meanness in me. May I cease to nag; and when I am out of sorts, help me, Lord, to hold my tongue. Blind me to the little errors of my children and help me to see the good things they do. Give me a ready word for honest praise. Help me treat my children as those of their own age. Let me not expect from them the judgment of adults. Allow me not to rob them of the opportunity to wait on themselves, to think, to choose, and to make their own decisions. Forbid that I should ever punish them for selfish satisfaction. May I grant them all their wishes that are reasonable and have the courage always to withhold a privilege that I know will do them harm. Make me fair and just, considerate and companionable, so they will have genuine esteem for me. Help me to be loved and imitated by my children, Oh, God. Give me calm and poise and self-control. |
| - Author Unknown |
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| If You Watch Mine |
| If you watch my kid -- son, daughter, niece, nephew or cousin -- I'll watch yours. If you see her walking or playing alone, keep an eye on her. And I'll watch yours. If you see her frightened or fighting with an adult, wander over to hear if everything's OK. And I'll watch yours. If you see her lost in a mall of store, notify someone to make an announcement. And I'll watch yours. If she's ever missing or taken, look for my kid. And I'll look for yours. But if you don't want to watch my kid, I'll still watch yours. |
| - Barbara White |
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| Golden Rules For Easier Living |
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| - Author Unknown |
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