Sunday, June 29, 2014

My Different Family Roles

"When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child.  But when I grew up, I put away childish things."  NLT


First it was Daughter, Sister, Friend, Cousin, Sister in-law, Tia,

Then it became Wife, Daughter in-law, Mother, Mother in-law, Grandmother


As the years have rolled on by I have had to put away childish things to make these roles pleasant to my life. Each new role required more putting away of immaturity, and still even after almost 1/2 a century of working on these relationships I find myself either picking up those 'childish things' again or walking around as if I'm walking through a mine field! because someone hasn't put down their childishness.


It is fair to make a disclaimer here and tell you that the Mother in-law role and Grandmother role are still fairly new to me....But with all my heart I desire to do my part in putting down and away all those childish things that will and can hinder these new love relationships.


Wherever you are in life it is a good practice to have; "putting away childish things"

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