tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632414454343958528.post9083808961872124935..comments2023-12-15T23:45:54.605-08:00Comments on Subplots By Grace: Old HabitsGRACE PETERSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520343332670354262noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632414454343958528.post-29312057272938130432015-03-22T15:51:19.374-07:002015-03-22T15:51:19.374-07:00There was a terrific article in Friday's New Y...There was a terrific article in Friday's New York Times that speaks right to your story. It was written by a gentleman who moved to a suburb outside of Minneapolis (I think) from Berlin. He writes that his neighbors think it is practically "a crime" to let teenage kids walk a few blocks home from the part for example. He was dismayed at the American culture that had become so fearful and terrified of everything. Certainly there are dangers, but helicopter parenting isn't the answer, I don't believe. I went everywhere as a kid. (I was, however, in the company of my 165 pound Great Dane!) -:)susantroccoloauthor.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232991943865499133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632414454343958528.post-9697223882715397442015-03-18T05:33:41.215-07:002015-03-18T05:33:41.215-07:00I had girlfriend who had gone through a very tough...I had girlfriend who had gone through a very tough patch and had to be hospitalized for a breakdown. When she told the doctor all the things on her mind, he said, "Oh you don't need to worry about your children, they're grown." 21 & 23. I told my mother and she said, "That man has obviously never been a mother, you simply never stop worrying no matter how old they are." So glad that she and her friend had a good time! Please send any and all warm weather to your good buddies in Ontario!<br />Barbarapc<br />barbarapchttp://barbarasgardenchronicles.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632414454343958528.post-29598108782816688622015-03-10T19:30:16.368-07:002015-03-10T19:30:16.368-07:00Oh my gosh, my brain does that to me all the time....Oh my gosh, my brain does that to me all the time. <br />I worked with a guy, prior to having kids, whose son had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at the age of three or four. It was heartbreaking, but now I realize, three kids later, that I didn't truly understand the magnitude of what he and his wife had been dealt. I'll never forget, I was sitting at his desk one day chatting, pregnant for the first time, and he said his mom had told him that you don't know fear until you have kids. Ain't it the truth.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247379600555185331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632414454343958528.post-40610157685938617102015-03-10T02:55:47.477-07:002015-03-10T02:55:47.477-07:00Great post Grace! It is so easy for us to imagine ...Great post Grace! It is so easy for us to imagine the not so good scenarios, which does us not good at all. Praying and leaving 'everything' in God's care is the way to go.<br /><br />Love & hugs & prayers ~ FlowerLadyFlowerLady Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678852154334714784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632414454343958528.post-1733690944006784632015-03-09T20:04:42.614-07:002015-03-09T20:04:42.614-07:00Hi Grace,
Yes, my mind can wander into scenarios l...Hi Grace,<br />Yes, my mind can wander into scenarios like that, too, and yes, we need to remember to pray, even for our adult children and their safety.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com