Poor Nick, kids can be sooo mean! Doesn't help when they are encouraged by their parents.
My kids, with the exception of Bitsy, rarely play with the neighborhood kids either. And some of them are kids they go to church with!
When they ask me why those kids act that way, I simply tell them that we have different priorities in life. Then I explain what some of those differences are and how they affect our outward attitudes. Then I ask the kids do they really think kids with those attitudes are happy or are they just fooling themselves. One thing I have been sure to teach my kids is that you can't depend on someone else to make you happy. Then we go on to discuss the Source of our happyness. My kids know that just going to church doesn't make a Christian and that sometimes even Christians aren't perfect.
Bitsy is the only one of the kids that has a good friend in the neighborhood. Even that friendship is beginning to cool a little as the girls discover that they have different interests and life circumstances. Bitsy's friend is an only child and her parents suffer badly from "only child syndrome". She gets to do a LOT of things that we can't afford because we have three.
Raising kids can be tough!
You think you have a cold, Diane, or are you allergic to whatever is blooming today? I've been sneezing all evening and even went so far as to have a slight nosebleed. Can't remember the last time I had a nosebleed. It's all allergies. Since the cure is usually worse than the cause, I've decided to suffer.
I'm headed to bed as well. I'll have to finish the backpack tomorrow. I finished the monogram, but the book I was reading was more interesting than putting the bag together.
It shouldn't take though.
Padre, chili sounds pretty good. I've been hungry this evening even though I cooked and ate chicken fried steak, bisquits and gravy. Send a bowl this way and I'll have a midnight snack........
