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Well, it is New Year's Eve. The last day of the year 2007. When you look back upon it just what did you accomplish? Were they good things? Were they bad things? Were they indifferent? What kind of difference did you make it somebody's life and was it a good difference? I am sure that each of us had a little of all of these. I know I did. Now we have a new year to make another start and to see if we can do better in the upcoming year. Handsome and I do not make New Year's resolutions because we figure we probably would not keep up with them anyway. We did sit down together and draw up a list of things that we needed to change as a family though and we started implementing the list the very next day. We decided that it was important enough to go ahead and get a fresh start immediately. Our family had been getting farther and farther away from each other and as a result we were not being very nice to each other. Now, we still spent a lot of time together and by together, I mean in the same house. But, most of the time we were in separate rooms doing separate activities. Handsome would be on one computer or watching tv while the kids were on the other computer or watching tv while I was doing the same thing. We were becoming strangers to each other here in our own house and it was not becoming a pretty sight. We now are sticking with a schedule that Handsome and I set up. The kids have not been very happy with it so far but even after just two days we can see an improvement in their attitudes. Of course, or son, being twelve almost thirteen, has the attitude anyway but even that is getting better. My biggest problem was submission to Handsome. Now Handsome and I have a pretty good relationship. We have been married for over 17 years and never had a fight or arguement but when the wife does not submit as the bible tells us to then problems start arrising and they were for us too. The biggest area of submission that I am having to deal with is in regards to disciplining the kids. I am stricter than he is, so therefore feel like he is to lenient on them. I would tell the kids to do stuff or quit doing stuff, whichever the case may be, after he had already told them but I would normally add something onto it. Well, that is not backing up your husband in the area of parenting, that is undermining his authority and it teaches the kids to be disrespectful. It is not a good thing. It was causing disrespect all the way around. The kids were gettting very disrespetful to their father and to me and why not, we were helping to teach it to them. Yes, Handsome is taking his share of the blame to. He has realized that he does not like confrontation so it was easier to just not say anything. But a problem only stays a problem if you do nothing to fix it. So, ending the year of 2007 and beginning the year of 2008 our family has been making changes for the better. Oh, I almost forgot, the very first thing that should be done is a DAILY DEVOTION to God. You know what, our pastor preached on this very thing yesterday in the morning church service. For once, I was doing what he preached before he preached it. lol. That is all for now. So, go take on the New Year. Do something out of your comfort zone and see how much you will be blessed for it. Until next time and unitl next year: Have a Blessed Day. Donna |
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