Building our tweens self-esteem is one of the many privileges and difficult responsibilities we have as parents or caretakers. There are plenty of outside factors which will impact your child's view of themselves both in positive and negative ways: peers, friends, tv, magazines, school, church, job, music.... So make sure that you help them at an early age build a firm foundation of who they are. This is important because how we feel about ourselves at times determines how we act. When I … [Read more...]
Cross Off Hunger – Making Life Better
I was parking my car in the high end part of town. I was on a date with my husband and we were heading to a restaurant in the area. I got out of the car to help my husband parallel park. As soon as I got out I saw a young pregnant girl walk toward us to help us park the car. On the side-walk, a little 2 year old boy runs in between my feet. Only God knows how long he had been out there helping his mother or if he had eaten. He was filthy, his face had streaks of dirt as if he had been crying … [Read more...]