Children Get Stressed Too!

Although I'm divorced and my son doesn't live with me, I stay in close contact. He is a teenager and of course he doesn't tell me everything at first. We are working on that. I know many of you can relate. Even when they are going through stressful periods in their life. Many times what happens is it begins to become evident in their school work and attitude of a "I just don't care" attitude. Sometimes to really get th open up is like pulling teeth. One thing I tell my son is, "No matter how mad you think I may get, just tell me what's going on. I would rather know and be upset, then to find out something happened that could have been prevented if only you would open up and talk to me." Parents don't ignore your children when they are down and out and don't be too hard on them before you get to the root cause of what's bothering them. Once you know everything, then if you need to come down hard on them do so. It will help save your future headaches.

The Package Deal

Any person you get involved with, of course, if your close with your family, has to be interviewed by everybody. I don't know if you've experienced this, but your parents and siblings will tell you the truth of how they feel about this person. I think that is very important and we should take heed to their opinions. Why? Who knows us better than our loved ones...and many times we can get so "CAUGHT UP" that we don't see all the warning signs, if there be any at all. So dating really becomes a package deal, especially if you decide you would like to settle down. The person you choose also gets your family whether they like it or not and vise versa.

For those who are single, my God Father has the perfect book, "How To Win The Dating Game".

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Did your child lie to you?

How do you respond when you know your child has lied to you? Do you immediately get upset and start yelling, accusing him/her of being dishonest? If, so, does it help the situation any? No. Why? Especially with teenagers, you want to keep the line of communication open, so they feel they can tell you anything. Well, they have their moments when they won't and so do you. We as parents don't tell the truth all the time, so we shouldn't fly off the handle when our children display the same action. Now, they must be taught a lesson. The first is, when you lie and they know you have, you must get that issue corrected and let them witness it. If not, they are going to do as you do, not as you say. Then, bring correction to them. I will confront my children, if it is necessary, but I rather let them convict themselves and come to me. This way, I know they've learned a valuable lesson. I also ask them,"What have you learned from this experience?" Then I just let it go, not holding it against them.

Family Reuinion

Keeping in touch with family is important. Finding your roots in the evolution of history awakens one to the awareness of where they belong. If you don't know where you've come from, how will you know where you are going? Many of our forefathers accomplished such a great deal in their lives, but a lot of history is lost. We must begin to dig deep and share our royal heritage with children and grandchildren. In the ancient days of old, the fathers sat with their sons to give them insight regarding the sacred principles of living a life of righteousness. I enjoyed my family's reunion in ATL...living and loving the discovery of my family's ROYAL HERITAGE.

The Perfect Family!

You will never find perfection in a family as far as the "fairytale" always peaches and cream. That's just unrealistic. The beauty of having a loving family is that the values and morals are sound. Unity is the strength...and strength gives power to endure trials, challenges or obstacles. Hey, that is the perfection--the love that flows from heart to heart. Looking out for one another, checking up on one another, encouraging one another and of course the priority..prayer it what works to keep family together. A family that prays together, stays together.

Love Is What It Does!

There's nothing like having parents that raise me and my siblings according to the principles of true love. I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters who I am even closer to now, although our parents have been deceased for over 11 years. Because of this, we are always a support system for each other. My youngest brother and his wife just had a new baby girl. What a beautiful, yet frightening experience for his wife who is Japanese and never held a baby before in her life. So because my brother wasn't able to take off the day after they returned home, I showed up at their doorstep that morning. Do you know she just got home from the hospital, I came to help her and she wanted to be of service to me, but this time I declined. So I cooked, cleaned and took care of the baby at times when she needed to rest. This is what we do as family--love is what it does.

A Check-Up from Someone Special!

Great afternoon Women Empowered By Love and friend, just and update on my 4th day of consecration. I had to experience an emotional release because I was defensive towards someone special. Of course, he checked me and that's what I needed. People in our lives are mirror reflections so we can make adjustments for the better. I'm perfect in the Most High God, but not in this realm of physicality. Let's keep it real. So, now I feel much better and I can have my green drink with mango because my body needs it not to feed my emotional crave for temporary fix/gratification. Maybe later as I slowing introduce foods back into my eating regimen, I may have some soup...keeping it light tonight.