Tag: family

Wisdom Stories

Daddy Hands

I awoke in the night to find my husband, Marty, gently rocking our baby son, Noah. I stood for a moment in the doorway, watching this amazing man with whom I was so blessed to share my life, lovingly stroke Noah’s fat pink cheeks in an effort to comfort him. I felt …
Family Kindness Love Wisdom Stories

The Marine’s Father

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine …
Child Family Kindness

Once a Mom, always a Mom

“Once a Mom, always a Mom. No matter how grown the kids are they will always be your precious babies in your eyes.” The grown kids get angry at older Moms because now they’re too busy for Mom to talk to them. When they were little they loved to play …