" The challenge with raising children

Is that they don't come with owners manuals

And the parts keep changing. "

W.H. Mertz III

" If you see somebody without a smile, give them yours."

Author Unknown

" The worst prison would be a closed heart."

Pope John Paul II

" The only person you need to prove anything to
Is yourself."

" Look not back in anger, nor forward in fear
But around you in awareness."

" All God's testing has a purpose,

Someday you will see the light.

All he asks is that you trust him,

Walk by faith and not by sight."

--- Author Unknown ---

"TODAY I MET A YOUNG MAN"

I watched you walk into the room

A stranger in my view

A tall young man with a brilliant smile

Eyes that touched my very soul

I kept my eyes upon your face and wondered as I looked

A handsome man and not a child

My mind stepped back in time

The little baby I once held and loved with all my heart

The boy who called me "mommy" and hugged me with his tears

The songs we sang, the walks we took

The robins in the spring

The young boy with the smile of pride when he caught that first fish

The tender way I tucked him in at night with angel kisses

Suddenly I am brought back to the moment as you speak

"Hi Mom....I came to say hello to you...how do you like my hair?"

My heart swells with pride and love for the man before my eyes

You blessed my life so greatly as a baby then a child

But God has given me the best there is now that you are a man

Memories are like diamonds that grow more precious through the years

You, my son, are worth much more

My words can not compare