Recent content by jusluvm

So many good answers here! I also believe that this should be a matter of personal conscience. You gotta do what you gotta do to feel right with your God. As for myself, I've never felt the least bit sorry about using my trackable gifts as a deduction on my income taxes. I see it as just one...

I ironed them on the first round, but they came off in the wash. Now, I iron them on just to hold them in place for sewing. Ironing them on before sewing makes it alot easier to get them sewn on straight. :D

Lots of good advice here! Very thoughtful of you, Marv, for taking the time to be so precise and thorough. :thumbsup: As has been said---consistency is the key. And it definitely needs to come from both parents. As for your wife being at her wit's end----even if the children were all perfect...

I do understand the need for some of these extra funds and my children do see the benefit of alot of these extra purchases made possible by these extra funds. However, I do not buy anything to support the fundraisers unless it's something that I actually want, like cookie dough or fruit...

I'm a toe nail clipper too. But only because he cuts them wrong and then has ingrown toe nail with lots of pain and whining. I'm really not very sympathetic, I just hate whining. :D He gets headaches and wants me to rub his temples. I used to spend lots of time doing this when we were younger...

Consequences? Well, as far as I'm concerned, being disruptive in church is a very serious offence---right up there with telling lies and out-right disobedience---so the punishment fits the "crime". Needless to say, they don't want any of that! :D So, I'd say whatever type of punishment you...

Good one, c1ners! Or when she first wakes up in the mornings----tell her she's beautiful with all the sincerity and passion you can muster. She's got a fixation for some reason (see above), or maybe it's just habit. My mother stressed over me not wanting to "do" my hair every day. Now, and for...

My two little ones stay with us throughout the entire service and have done so ever since they've been with us (ages 2 & 3). I just took something quiet for them to "fiddle" with---usually books to look at, coloring books and crayons, puzzles and such. When it was time to pray or stand or sit or...

I was terrible at keeping up the "baby book" I got at my daughter's baby shower, but I've been pretty good at keeping the pictures organized. Not necessarily in an album, but in photo storage boxes, and in chronological order, too! :D I did do a "1st year" scrapbook for my grandson, but it...

I'll be praying for you and your step-daughter, as well as the rest of your children and husband. I came from a broken home myself, and as a parent of only one child for 17 years, we took in two little ones from other family members --- but they were very little, 2 & 3 yrs old at the time...

Ours start on the 21st, just two more weeks. Seems like a short summer to me, too. But they're ready to go back, and I'm so glad they like school enough to "be ready" to go back. I wonder how long that will last? :D

Hello all you fellow Arkies! Been here over a year and just found this thread. I'm smack-dab in the middle of the beautiful Ouachita Mountains, sittin' between the Ouachita River and Lake Ouachita. Not one stoplight in the entire county. :D I love it here---bugs, crazy weather, snakes and all!

My immediate thought when I saw this picture was "How sweet!". Look at how that baby is looking up at their nurturer. Just so sweet.

All of what A2J said is wonderful advice, but this one little piece would be so helpful---from my point of view as a mother. :thumbsup: We (us parents) just want to know that our children are not wandering around out there aimlessly, living on the mercy of this world that can be so cruel and...

I did toss in my 2 cents, but it (obviously) didn't make a dent. If all I wanted to talk to were a bunch of baptists, I could have just walked out my own front door. That's all we've got around here in my little town. :sigh: Literally! And I hope some of "us" will be welcome to visit here...