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*Memorable Mother?* 1/23/02 ____________________________ If you enjoy this free daily email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by sending an e-mail with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line to: HeartTouchers@aol.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ A number of people have written to us asking what an EBook is, since our book is being offered in both print and EBook versions. An EBook is a book that can be downloaded and read right on your computer. The advantage of ordering the EBook is that is costs less, $8.95 (No other charges), as compared to $14.95 + shipping and handling for the print book. Plus you can download the EBook and begin reading the stories in a few minutes! EBooks are read via Acrobat Reader, which is software that most of you already have on your computer. And if for some reason you don't, it can be downloaded free of charge at the web site. So for those of you who don't want to wait for the print book to be delivered, check out this web site to order the EBook version of Straight From the Heart "A Celebration of Life." http://www.booklocker.com/bookpages/michaeltpowers01.html AOL Users Click here _________________________________________ WILL YOU BE A MEMORABLE MOTHER? By Mary Emma Allen Will you be a mother who's remembered fondly by your children when they're grown? Will you be a mother who affects their lives in ways they'll recall with love and laughter? A family can be close and create fond memories by sharing and doing things together. However, it's often to the mother that the task falls of initiating family activities and pleasures her children will engage in with their children in future years. Incidents From Your Childhood Do you recall incidents and traditions from your childhood you want to share with your children and create a feeling of family continuity? I realize now that Mother often must have had work to do. But she took time from her busy day as a farmwife for walks and picnics with us four children, doughnut making feasts, story sessions at bedtime, swimming in the brook in summer, and listening to us and talking with us when we had problems or secrets to share. Looking back, I never remember her remarking, "No, I'm too busy," although she must have said it many times. The memorable times we shared together far overshadowed the times she had to refuse. Fun With Your Family My daughter and I engaged in some of these activities as I shared with her my childhood experiences. It helps to bring a continuity to the generations as a child realizes he/she's sharing in a long line of family traditions. Just possibly the enjoyment of these childhood activities and family highlights will be remembered by their children when they have families of their own. I've heard my daughter say to her son and daughter, "When I was little, I used to do this...just like Nanny and Great Grandma did." As I look around the happy faces at my husband's family reunions, I realize that it was mainly because of my mother-in-law's efforts that the family now has many memories to bind them together. Families Need Sense of Belonging Families need a sense of belonging, a sense of doing things together that makes them part of a long line of families. In these days, when the family unit is battered on all sides, it's often the mother who can do so much to make for her family a haven at home, a place of happiness and security, a place which will stir fond memories as the children recall the incidents that formed their lives because of their memorable mother. Mary Emma Allen, (c)2001 me.allen@juno.com Write Mary Emma and let her know your thoughts on her story! _____________________ Mary Emma Allen writes about family matters for parenting and family magazines and e-zines. She chronicled her mother's journey through Alzheimer's and how it affected her family's life in "When We Become the Parent to Our Parents." Visit her web site: http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/jetent/mea _________________________________________ Reader Feedback! Joseph, As usual your story has touched my heart. Thank you for sharing your talents the Lord has blessed you with. My dad didn't have any sons to pass along the tie knot to but he has passed down a wonderful legacy to his two daughters of love and being a good neighbor. May our wonderful Lord continue to bless and keep you. Love in Christ, Jennifer Yost Russell Springs, KY yostj@mac.panasonic.com _______________________________________ Thought For The Day: "Success is knowing the difference between cornering people and getting them in your corner." -- Bill Copland Verse for the Day: "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" -- Amos 3:3 Kid's Thought For The Day: "You can try on your fathers shoes, but you can't walk very well in them." Parent's Thought For The Day: "What is a home without a Bible? 'Tis a home where daily bread for the body is provided, but the soul is never fed." --Charles Meigs Coach's Thought For The Day: "A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are." Writer's Thought For The Day: "I never quite know when I'm not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, 'Thurber, stop writing!' She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph." --James Thurber Deep Thought For The Day: "When you hear from an old friend you can bet they have a network marketing opportunity just for you." ___________________________________________ REQUESTS: Michael, My name is Mark Elliott and I would like to ask your readers to please pray for Bruce Sheppard. Bruce is a senior in high school who was recently seriously injured in a skiing accident while on a retreat with the youth group from our church. He suffered serious head injuries from hitting a tree. Please pray for his parents as well. Thank you. Mark mark_e@swrinc.com Dear Friends and Prayer Partners, Thank you again for you wonderful responses to my last update, which included an email from Jenny. Your prayers, truly, have made a difference. However, I must request further prayer for Jenny, as she has another infection in the ear that was operated on. She is now on a stronger antibiotic, and we are hopeful that this course will take care of this recent infection. I have learned a great deal, through this family crisis, about trusting God with all my heart, no matter the outcome. It is a temptation, for some, in these times, to treat prayer as though it were fast food...say a prayer...expect the outcome, NOW! But I am learning so much about patience and submission to the greater wisdom and understanding of a loving, Soverign God. Just the other day, I received an email for prayer, with a list of names and email addresses, pages long. I felt daunted and overwhelmed, yet I knelt down and I prayed for those people, asking God to meet all their needs. At the same time, I felt a witness from God, having a profound awareness, for just a split second, of how many prayers go up to God, minute by minute, and He hears them all. I don't think I have ever understood, so clearly, how small we are and how big and powerful He is. It made me want to tiptoe to the throne of grace, and throw myself at His feet and just praise Him. I remember when I was a lost sheep, and just think, He left the saved, and He came to find ME! Thank You, Jesus! May God bless you, this day. May He meet all your needs; and may He lift you up, wherever you are. Thank you with all my heart! Blessings, Jaye Lewis jlewis@smyth.net ___________________________________________ _ /_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS \_\ / HeartTouchers@aol.com /_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no \_\/\ \ longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I \_\/ live in the body I live for the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 ___________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. 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