Jacque | October 23, 2009
9pm Thursday night…
Daddy to Caleb: Do you know what a gentleman is?
Caleb: “No.”
Daddy: It is a gentle man, otherwise they would have called it a meanman.
He got the point… And is now drifting off to sleep, as Daddy hums Amazing Grace, Calebs favourite song….
Proverbs 13:1
A son who heeds his father’s discipline is wise, [...]
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Jacque | September 20, 2009
I am reading The Duties of Parents by JC Ryle. I have just started it, but I am looking forward to his points.
The first point is Train up your child with all tenderness, affection, and patience. He points out that he is not meaning that it is ok to spoil a child, just that “Love [...]
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Jacque | July 11, 2008
This is the Scripture verse you will hear at our house right now. We read Chapter 15 today, from verse one to thirteen. Caleb has a little bit of learning to do in the area of sitting still. He sat on my lap for most of the time. Against his will for the most [...]
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Jacque | June 30, 2008
I am again deeply grieved by tragedy of a family I do not even know. I am not writing this to further cause any damage to this family. God help them. I cannot and do not ever want to experience what they are going through. Ever. I don’t want anyone ever to again.
I am pasting [...]
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Jacque | April 11, 2008
that will make spanking in CA illegal, I am going to post this newspaper clipping that was passed to me from someone on Home Where They Belong. I received an anonymous comment saying that spanking is abuse. My reply to that comment is in this vein.
Enjoy the irony of it all…. and lament the sadness…
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