• Parents who hold demanding jobs, yet are involved in their children’s academic and sports lives.
• Men and women who love and enjoy their in-laws and who break the stereotypes of the alienated or rejected in laws.
• Grandparents who lavish their grandchildren with love and attention while supporting the family values treasured by their grandchildren’s parents.
• Men and women who work the late shifts and serve their communities while most of the population are asleep.
• Men and women who have beaten their addictions and live productive, sober lives as recovered addicts.
• Teachers who have worked faithfully, decade upon decade, so their students may learn and grow and be equipped to find great success.
• Bosses and supervisors who are kind, who listen, who seek to understand more than they seek to whip things into shape or to wield their power.
• Churches and places of worship that embrace and welcome all people.
• Single parents who are able to hold things together and provide stable homes for their children.
• Divorced parents who are able to be kind and cooperative with their former spouses, even if it is just for the sake of the children they co-parent.
• Men and women who deal graciously with the pain of the distance of having family living overseas.

Posted on July 26, 2018 at 10:01 am in Adolescence, Blended families, Boundaries, Children, Communication, Difficult Relationships, Divorce, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Friendship, Grace, Love, Parenting/Children   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL