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Jul. 17, 2008
Home-Making
| I am reading a book called Home-Making by J.R. Miller. It was orginally written in 1882 and the language is beautiful. It is a refreshing book to read. I wish I had read it before I got married. It has chapters about marriage, the husband's role, the wife's role, the parent role, the children role, siblings, religion, the home-life and home memories. Currently I am reading the parent role and came across a passage that I wanted to remember and share. "Some things God gives often: some He only gives once. The seasons return again and again, and the flowers change with the months, but youth comes twice to none. Childhood comes but once with its opportunities." It also said, "As I was busy here and there they were gone." That line makes me want to cry. We get one opportunity with our kids and that's it. Once they are grown, they don't become infants again and give us another chance. We don't get back the time we wasted on busyness, instead of our children. My boys are 6 already and they are in 1st grade already. When they were infants, 1st grade seemed like such a long time away, but it has arrived. My boys are growing up and I don't want to keep wasting time on nothingness, when I could be spending it with them. |
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Jul. 18, 2008 - It is fleeting!