Parenting

I am traveling this week to visit my grandmother and my wife's grandmother in Tennessee. Both are not doing well and we needed to see them. A bonus on the trip is the company of my daughter (Allison) and our only grandchild, Mason. I could spend a lot of time writing about him.

But as we were eating this morning, my daughter had to feed Mason before she could eat. Memories flooded my soul as I thought about her own childhood and the times we had to feed her. Then a thought struck me - my daughter had become so unselfish. She didn't tell Mason that he had to wait to eat because she hadn't eaten. She didn't put him in the corner because he was fussy even though he was hungry (he's 8 months old). She feed him like a good parent should. Unselfishness. Maybe that is why God gave us families so that we could see, feel and understand how a parent feels and how we long to take care of our children. God is our Father and he wants that for us. He longs to take care of us, but so many times we feel too grown up to want or feel a need for his care. May we forever be like Mason - always in need of a parents care and love.

Sid