2013 Mother’s Day Tribute

Proverbs 31:26…28a

She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

Her children arise and call her blessed…

I am blessed to still have my 87-year-old mother with me. She weathered 2 bouts with cancer, an amputated toe and suffered a mild heart attack. Praise the Lord, she is still here and doing well! Her mind is as sharp as ever. I shared about my mother on this blog and on my former blog. To read more go here. It was a post celebrating my mother’s birthday, but it told the most about her.

My mother just discovered Wess Morgan and she does not like to miss church and enjoys worshipping the Lord.

From the ‘Feel Good’ Category

How about a little something from the ‘feel good’ category? Watch SPC Michael Russell surprise his mom who thinks he is still in Kuwait.

Progressive Thought: Children Do Not Belong to Their Parents

Oh, this one is a real doozy from the leftist progressive Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry! Do you go along with her ‘Lean Forward’ progressive argument that your children are not your’s, but a public investment?

My mother who still views herself as liberal, but in reality is a strong social conservative, will never go along with this idea of children belonging to the community and not the parents. I know my non conservative sibling never saw her twin daughters who are now 18 as public property. The same for my other non conservative and MSNBC loving sibling, who has a young teenage daughter. I must get the reaction from the MSNBC watching family member on Dr. Harris-Perry’s left’s progressive ‘Lean Forward’ doozy.

Dr. Harris-Perry is so comfortable with what she is saying to the point that it is scary.

Marine Parent Surprise

On this late eve of 2012 Thanksgiving, here is a feel good video of a marine dad surprising his two sons after deployment in Afghanistan.

Hardly Any Fathers

When I was growing up, all the children on my block and the two blocks that shared a triangular-shaped driveway with my side of the street, lived in family homes parented by a father and  mother. Well, there was one friend who lived with her uncle and aunt (her mother came to visit her from time to time). Today, those blocks of homes are full of children and mothers, but hardly any fathers. That is so sad.

When I was in the child care classroom, it was easier doing activities for Mother’s Day. Father’s Day activities grew to be uncomfortable due to the increasing number of children through the years not having a father in their young lives. Unfortunately, this situation is getting worse. The role of the father continues to depreciate.

Note: If you do not recognize Frederick Douglass, go here to find out about him.