Hi everyone,

I received a call from my mom recently. She is having some physical and other issues. I offered to come up to get her so she could move down here with us and she agreed! To many people this would be a simple offer. But for our home this means that our small 3 bdrm home with an additional room built in the garage is going to be overflowing. Currently we have our 2 children (one living at college part time and here part time), our newest 'daughter', and Grandpa (hubby's dad) all living in our little humble home. So inviting another person into our already crowded home was probably a nutty thing to do. But, I have always told my parents that we would be there if they needed and our home is always open.

Hubby and I drove to West Virginia to pick up Grandma and as much of her stuff as possible. She lives in a motor home and she and I drove it back to North Alabama for her to stay here.

The family has had to adjust and with God's help is doing pretty well. It has been a wonderful opportunity to teach my children about the first commandment with promise. Sometimes it isn't enough just to teach about it, sometimes you have to teach with examples and put the teaching into practice. I know with teens they begin to think themselves more important than others and loose sight of putting others before ourselves and the fact that we need to honor our parents even when it isn't convenient or fun.

Take time to honor your parents, teach your children by example.