Inspirational Parenting » Advice for Parents 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 Let Us Labor For An Inward Stillness http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/09/03/let-us-labor-for-an-inward-stillness/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/09/03/let-us-labor-for-an-inward-stillness/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:12:18 +0000 Jeff http://inspirationalparenting.com/?p=1336 Let us labor for an inward stillness– An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart Are still, and we no longer entertain Our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions, But God alone speaks to us and we wait In singleness of heart that we may know His will, and in the silence of our spirits, That [...]]]> http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/09/03/let-us-labor-for-an-inward-stillness/feed/ 0 An Adoptive Mom’s Journey to Motherhood: A Mothers Day Story http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/28/an-adoptive-moms-journey-to-motherhood-a-mothers-day-story/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/28/an-adoptive-moms-journey-to-motherhood-a-mothers-day-story/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:23:54 +0000 Heidi Naylor http://inspirationalparenting.com/?p=190 I used to hate Mother’s day.  Not because I was not grateful for my Mother or for what my Grandmothers did for me. They were and are great women.  I hated Mothers day because it was a day to remember and honor mothers. Something I longed so badly to be but was not.  On Mother’s [...]]]> http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/28/an-adoptive-moms-journey-to-motherhood-a-mothers-day-story/feed/ 3 Being a Small Part of Adoption http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/25/being-a-small-part-of-adoption/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/25/being-a-small-part-of-adoption/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:16:09 +0000 tifdarling http://inspirationalparenting.com/?p=237 Every social work job I’ve done has had a profound effect on me personally, and I don’t see how it couldn’t for every other social worker.  I’ve seen people of all walks of life and I really learn the meaning of “love one another” that Christ teaches us first hand.  You have to love the [...]]]> http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/25/being-a-small-part-of-adoption/feed/ 1 Parenting Lessons From A Suffering Child: Part 2 http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/21/parenting-lessons-from-a-suffering-child-part-2/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/21/parenting-lessons-from-a-suffering-child-part-2/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:03:25 +0000 Jeff http://inspirationalparenting.com/?p=193 I felt like we had become spiders living in a web of wires and tubes. They clung to her feet and chest. They protruded from her nose, back, arms, and other uncomfortable places. It was difficult to move her or to even change her diaper. It was nearly impossible to pick her up. She was [...]]]> http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/04/21/parenting-lessons-from-a-suffering-child-part-2/feed/ 5 Parenting Lessons from a Suffering Child: Introduction. http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/03/29/parenting-lessons-from-a-suffering-child-introduction/ http://inspirationalparenting.com/2009/03/29/parenting-lessons-from-a-suffering-child-introduction/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:59:15 +0000 Jeff http://truthstore.wordpress.com/?p=65 Parenting Lessons From a Suffering Child: Introduction.

This blog series includes parenting lessons my wife and I received from our 2-year-old daughter who suffered serious medical issues resulting in more than a years worth of surgeries and other traumas.  The road we trod together was painful and life shattering but in the end, we were all changed for good! 

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