Inspirational Parenting » Lessons I’ve Learned http://inspirationalparenting.com A Place for Sharing Uplifting Parenting Experiences Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:42:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 To Summer at Eighteen http://inspirationalparenting.com/2010/08/23/to-summer-at-eighteen/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2010/08/23/to-summer-at-eighteen/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:41:50 +0000 Steve Meineke http://inspirationalparenting.com/?p=1454 November 1994

Dear Summer,

Eighteen years ago I stood looking at you—fresh-born—through the big glass window in the hospital nursery, watching the nurses try to count your tiny toes. Minutes old, you were bright-red-screaming-at-the-top-of-your-lungs unbounded life, squirming and kicking in every direction—quite a challenge to those toe-counting nurses. How I wanted to reach through the window, to [...]]]> http://inspirationalparenting.com/2010/08/23/to-summer-at-eighteen/feed/ 1 Savor the Teachable Moments http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/08/11/savor-the-teachable-moments/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/08/11/savor-the-teachable-moments/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:01:42 +0000 uguilford http://inspirationalparenting.com/?p=1313 http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/08/11/savor-the-teachable-moments/feed/ 3 Burying Children… http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/06/26/829/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/06/26/829/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:30:28 +0000 Tiffaney http://inspirationalparenting.com/?p=829 The hardest thing I’ve been through as a parent is to have to bury two of my children… It taught me to cherish life and love every moment that I have with my family. It taught me not to take my kids for granted because they could be taken from me with no warning. Every [...]]]> http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/06/26/829/feed/ 0