parental-love

In the quiet of the graveyard, the couple knelt together in soul-stretching silence__ishing, waiting, hoping, praying.

We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. "Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten," Dad said, "you'll still have your stars.

May our lives and gentle spirit be evident to all that we are members of God's family.

A child s a special possession from God.

Every child should be nurture with great love. The feeling of great love promotes wellness and potential for greatness.

Unconditional love is what a child should expect from a parent even though it rarely works out that way.

A day of birth is a glorious event.

Every parent is an artist, but not every artist is apparent.

Your love, not your worry, is the most valuable thing any of us can give our children.

There is something about being loved and protected by a parent (or guardian) knowing that I can be loved for who I am, not what I can do, or might one day become. Unfortunately it__ not usually like this in every single situation. From time to time, my parents made mistakes during my childhood. Possibly I was the mistake, or unwanted. But I don__ know. I had every material thing that I could have ever wanted, but there was still something missing, as if I felt distanced from my parents, or misunderstood, in the ways that they treated me. At times, I had felt completely loved and accepted by my parents, but for one reason or another, they were unable to care for me, provide for me, in some ways that would have been very important. Sometimes I feel like I am trying to make up for the experiences in life that were absent when I was a child.