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I was reflexing on many things today and this is my prayer for easter. Lord, teach me to accept the things I cannot change Teach me to accept that I am the parent of children Teach me to accept that my time no longer is mine exclusivly Teach me to accept that I am no longer a carefree single...

Being a parent is the most difficult thing I have ever taken on in my life. There are days when I would gladly go back to being childless. Today is one of those days. My children have the ability to bring out feelings in me that I never knew about. There are times when I just have to walk away...

ok, I'm the one that makes the dinner in our house (big surprise) but me and my husband like totally different foods. I like Asian style food (stirfried vegtables, curries etc), lots of salads, vegetables, more light food. My husband likes meat, pastas, pizza, fried food. If I cook up a stirfry...

removed thanks for advice, regret my hastiness in putting up my personal problems.

A man was not allowed to board a plane in the US because of having Arabic on his t-shirt. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5297822.stm funny, I couldn't find anything on CNN about this:P that is so weird.

Found out today my 5 year old needs glasses. Am feeling a little bit upset for her but trying not to let her see it. I wear glasses and I hate it, but cannot afford contacts at the moment. She is a really beautiful little girl and has just started school and the last thing she needs is to be...

Hi, thought it might be interesting to explain how schooling works in different countries cause often I read things on this forum from people in other countries about their childrens schooling and don't understand what they are on about. So here is a basic guide to NZ schooling. From about 3 to...

Please pray for my husband to get a job, he has graduated as a graphic designer but has so far been unable to find a job. We are living off my part time wage and have two children. Christmas is coming and the kids won't be getting any presents unless something changes in the next few weeks.

I am realizing more and more how little we are actually prepared for parenthood in this modern world. Even when you read books when your pregnent on parenting it tells you technical things but not how it will make you think or feel. Like mind numbing fatigue from being up multiple times in the...

I am a stay at home mum but lately I have been having a growing desire to either start a new career or move countries, or just do something out of my normal routine. Before having kids I (and later with husband) travelled alot and really enjoyed the work I was doing. Both of my kids are under 5...

At the moment my husband is going through a hard time in his life and his self confidence is very low. It means that I have taken on the burden of doing alot of the practical stuff including working part time. I am trying to support him but I am feeling really frustrated with him, even though I...

We are currently doing the 'cry it out' method to get our 9 month old to sleep through the night. We are now up coming up to our fourth night there doesn't seem to be any breakthrough. The first night she cried for two hours, the second night 1 and a half hours and last night 2 and a half hours...

Hi, I am posting this because since the birth of my second child I have really been struggling with the children. By this I mean that I am finding it difficult to go day to day continually giving out all the time. I am a stay at home mother because I believe that they deserve this attention but...

I would be interested to hear from any MK's (missionary kids) on how they have found growing up outside their parents culture. We are missionaries with a 2 year old and I am greiving abit that she will not grow up in my home culture.

Over the last week there has been serious insults flying between posters aimed at degrading their nation, nationality and culture. While some people have been able to keep a civil tone and are interested in constructive discussion, others are downright rude. Come on people, God loves the French...

hi all, next year our family is going fulltime onto the mission field. We have done this before but have been at home for the last two years to start a family, so now we are going back with a young child. I am asking for your prayer that all will go smoothly with the move. Before we go we...

In January I will most likely have to take a long haul flight from New Zealand to the Caribbean with my 22 month old daughter. That is one 13 hour flight, a stopover and then another 8 hour flight. Does anyone have advice on what to do with toddlers in a cramped space for that amount of time. Is...

Hey, there's people on this board from all over the world! Lets post some things you think people might not know about your country. I'll start: did you know that New Zealand has 3.6 million people and is the size of Great Britian, and 1 million live in one city? (Auckland). Our national athem...

 oops, seem to have made a mistake when editing this, and don't want to type the whole thing out again, don't worry guys! will try later on.

After seeing Pres. Bush's speech on backing a Palastinan state I rushed to this forum to see what was said about it and not a peep. Not one little post about this interesting development, what do you all think about the idea? this is to discuss this piece of news, not to have a discussion about...