Life has me thinkin...

[Missy]

What information (physical, emotional, or spiritual) do you want to pass to your kids/family?

Emotional:

I want my kids to know that I love them every day, every night. I want them to be secure in that.

Physical:

I want them to know self sufficency...
How to:
cook
clean
how to balance a checkbook
how to provied basic first aide
how to change a diaper (would you believe i didn't know this for the first week i had a child. dh had to show me over and over because i was clueless)
to grow a garden
my super secret lasagne and spaghetti recipes
their family trees
etc etc etc

Spiritual

I want them to be secure in our faith and know why we believe what we believe. And to know the significance therein


I have thought of compiling books for them. Part scrapbooks, part reading material, part notebooks, resourses, etc. Im not ready to start it yet, but it's something that i can work on for years and years. And maybe will it to them or give it to them upon marriage...

[Darlene]

I want my kids to know that they have choice in everything and that with choice comes responsibility.
I want them to know that even when something bad happens there is a tomorrow and it will get better.
I want my kids to know that the little things in life are to be seen with the eyes & felt in the heart every single day. Such joy to be had.
I want my kids to take chances, always try their best and if it doesn't work out just learn what you can from it & move on to some other new thing.
I want my kids to just *Live Well~Laugh Often~Love Much*

[Cricket1]

Two things that I would pass on from MY parents:
1) My dad use to say when we all started driving: "Just go slow and take it easy." I think that this applies to mostly everything in life.
2) My mom always said (and still does) when we were going through hard times: "It will all work out."

More than anything, I, too want my boys to know that no matter where they go in this world and what they do, they will always be loved. No matter what. Both of them were adopted and I have LOVED them from the moment I saw their tiny little pictures--I remember looking at them and having the feeling that my heart was literally filling up.

Also, not to judge a person until they've walked a mile in their shoes. People make tought choices in life and things aren't always the way they seem.

Spiritually I would love for them to always believe in God. I want them to always have the comfort of knowing everything happens for a reason. We don't always see it or know it, God has a plan for everyone.

Physically: Cooking/cleaning/life skills and how to treat a woman with respect.

[Edna_E]

Wow again! (apparently my word of the day!)
I agree with all of these, except the recipes (since I don't have those) and the family tree (since I don't know mine to pass it on)
I'll add that I want my son to know how to bake bread (he already pretty well knows all the others - so I guess I still have something to teach him). I think bread baking can be very therapeutic sometimes, and the smell of baking bread is very uplifting to me - he might get that in a few years.

[FrugalMomof3]

I just want my kids to know:

~ No matter what they do I am always here for them
~ Whatever bad things happen there is always some good and things will always get better
~ I have a shoulder... no two that they can cry and and 2 ears to listen to them with
~ They have choices and can make their own choices, but with these choices come responsibility

[Telephus44]

Here's what I want Owen to know:

*That his parents will always love him, and that he can come to us with any problem, no matter what it is.

*That he has an extended family that loves him

*To value and his family and friends

*To respect the institution of marriage - if he really and truly falls in love with someone, he should marry her, not just live together. They should be married before having children

*To know that there is a higher power than himself. DH and I have an interfaith marraige and while we can accept that he may choose a different path, I want him to know that there exists something beyond humanity.

*Responsibility for himself and his actions - looking out for himself (financially, and health-wise). To be able to cook, clean, and provide for himself.

*A sense of environmentalism - good stewardship of our earth's resources.

And on a practical level - how to check fluid levels in a car, how to write a letter, to write thank-you notes, how to set a table and what all the silverware is for, and how to sew a button on.

[PrairieRose]

I want my kids to know that home is a very safe place, theirs should be the same for their own family. No matter what else happens anywhere else in the world, home is a haven.

I want them to be as self sufficient as possible.

I want them to always be concerned for and helpful with others and the world in general.

I want them to know how loved they truly are.

I want them to always get back on the horse that threw them. To never give up, ever.

I want my kids to have faith. Faith in God, faith in good, faith in love and faith that everything will be ok.

I want them to all expect and gratefully recieve the good things that life has to offer. In turn I want them to pass good things along to others.

[miss_thrifty]

*I want my boys to know no matter what Im always here to listen to them.
*To learn them to be self suffucent
*To learn no ones perfect, we all make mistakes and to help others who need it in this world
*That their parents love them no matter what, and their a important part of their community and they can make a differnce in someones life even if that miniumal
*To love them selfs first and respect not just themselfs but the other significant person that will be in their lifes.