I've had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy.
Elizabeth EdwardsRead
I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.
Interpretation
Empowering children to be independent is crucial for their growth and survival.
This quote emphasizes the importance of nurturing independence in children, suggesting that while providing for them is essential, preparing them to stand on their own is even more vital. Elizabeth Edwards advocates for teaching children the skills and confidence needed to navigate life independently, as there will be times when external support is unavailable.
In practice
This quote could be used in a parenting workshop to highlight the importance of fostering independence in children.
I've had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy.
Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter.
I'm not a victim - I never want to be perceived that way.
I certainly have a lot to lament, as do we all, everybody has their griefs. But the griefs we can fix, shouldn't we go around fixing them?
... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.
If I had lost a leg, I would tell them, instead of a boy, no one would ever ask me if I was 'over it'. They would ask me how I was doing learning to walk without my leg. I was learning to walk and to breathe and to live without Wade. And what I was learning is that it was never going to be the life I had before.
Womenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home
There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.
~As a mom, you have to look at how much time you're spending with your kids. There is nothing you will regret more in your life - nothing - than not being present for your children.~
My family was mostly unemployed working class.
The hardest thing that I had to do every day as a working single parent was child care, to have to leave my child with people that I did not know and hope everything was OK, that was the most painful part of every day.
U can feed ur ego or u can feed ur family. U can’t feed them both.
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