Parenting as a Christian Single Dad

From the "Independent" "Why don't you laugh, young man, when troubles come, Instead of sitting 'round so sour and glum? You cannot have all play, And sunshine every day; When troubles come, I say, why don't you laugh? "Why don't you laugh? 'T will ever help to soothe. The aches and pains. No road in life is smooth; There's many an unseen bump, And many a hidden stump O'er which you'll have to jump. Why don't you laugh? "Why don't you laugh? Don't let your spirits wilt; Don't sit and cry because the milk you've spilt; If you would mend it now, Pray let me tell you how: Just milk another cow! Why don't you laugh? "Why don't you laugh, and make us all laugh, too, And keep us mortals all from getting blue? A laugh will always win; If you can't laugh, just grin,-- Come on, let's all join in! Why don't you laugh?"

The new year is a time for change and I wanted to express encouragment to those that are looking to improve the quality of their lives. I have struggled with many things in my past, actually still do, but I have overcome because I had the encouragement and support to trade bad habits for good. One of the leading things that hurt families this day and age is parents who smoke and I want to share a website, Stop Smoking Tips , for those people looking to quit. Children should not suffer because their parents are addicted to nicotine and it affects them much more than you realize. For additional information check out the Health Effects of Smoking . I hope everyone's new year is blessed.

you may not have agreed with the war, but......................... You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam . It's November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter. You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he hea...

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