I got this prayer on Facebook and copied it. I can also place in it "girls," change a few more things around, and then pray this for my daughters as well. Thought that you might get some encouragement from this:
Thank you, God, for boys.
Little boys and big boys, and yes, that overgrown boy I sometimes see in the man I married.
Please keep my mind from criticizing them so often, my tongue from being so quick to scold them.
Give me the patience to listen to them. The wisdom to understand them. The spirit and humor to laugh with them. And the strength to sometimes endure them.
Give me the courage to differ with them and discipline them when I have to; but make me the kind of mother who can comfort them, help them, encourage them. Maybe even inspire them.
Above all, show me how to enjoy them--for only then can they be happy and enjoy themselves.
Thank you for them, God, and help me take good care of them.
God bless boys.
Amen.
Another parenting moment...worth several laughs:
Dana and I have often seen on tv as well as on YouTube a man named Tim Hawkins. He is Christian comedian and does several bits on different aspects of our lives: parenting, marriage, worship, moms, things going corporate, and several other topics. Here is the website to see his performance (abt 2 minutes long) "Tim Hawkins on Parenting" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crQ7Y2alDxI&feature=related
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