The Power of Respect - Deborah Norville

The Power of Respect is an amazing book.
Deborah explains from her own personal experiences and work environment, how crucial respect is.
Respect is something that has been lost to the generations.
Reading from Deborah Norville, you want to bring that respect back into your everyday life.
You want to give and get respect.

RESPECT --- It goes a long way!
I highly recommend this book to everybody, past and present generations.

The Author of "The Last of the Mohicans" - J. Fenimore Cooper

  Currently, I have picked up a classic writer, J. Fenimore Cooper.  Most know him as the author of "The Last of the Mohicans," if you know the author at all.  But I have set about to read the other four novels as well, that are all related to "The Last of the Mohicans."  In chronological order by read, they are: "The Deerslayer", "The Last of the Mohicans", "The Pathfinder", "The Pioneers", and "The Prairie".  I picked this book up at Barnes & Noble for a nice price of $3.  Check out theirs and Borders clearance sections, you will find plenty of good reads for less then $10. 

 Unknowingly, I started "The Pioneers" first, but I am going to stop and begin with "The Deerslayer".  They are called "The Leatherstocking Chronicles", detailing the life of "Natty" Bumppo, a.k.a., "Leatherstocking".

  The wtriting is so detailed and beautiful, you feel as if you are there in the East, the cold snow biting your cheeks, you can smell the powder from a freshly fired rifle, you can see the horses stamping impatiently in the cold.
    Well, you will just have to read it for yourself to see what I mean.
    This particular book contains the five novels in teeny tiny font written on over 1200 pages.  I am sure I will immensely enjoy this read.
    Keep reading my blog to hear the tales of "Natty" and the many other books and works I will be reading.

The Sweet By and By - Sara Evans

I was able to relate to Jade in this novel.  She didn't want to have anything to do with her past.  Her father was dead to her and her mother was for awhile a part of her past that she did not want to deal with.  Jade, a very talented and successful woman, is about to get married.  But when you get married you invite your family and in so doing with her, she had to deal with having her mother, someone who had not really been a participant in her life, come back into play.  It is a very well written novel about love and forgiveness.

I would definitely say this is a dramatic book, not in a bad way, but it helps you deal with the drama in your own life.  It helps you to think out, maybe I shouldn't be harboring so much anger and resentment towards this person.  Maybe I should be extending a Christ-like love which the Bible calls me to do.

I would definitely recommend this book to anybody out there. But I would especially recommend it to anyone going through issues of forgiveness and letting go of the past.
I will definitely read this novel over and over again.  I did not want to put it down the first time.

Book Review: She Still Calls Me Daddy by Robert Wolgemuth

She Still Calls Me Daddy by Robert Wolgemuth
Robert writes about being a father and a parent to your child, specifically your daughter after she is a married woman. He goes through the different aspects of that relationship, from giving advice to her to how as her parent's, the father and mother should be setting a godly example for her and her husband.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! I know this was written from a father's perspective to his daughter(s). I know this was written for fathers to read. But as a daughter who is married and has children of my own, it was a very informative and enlightening and inspirational book. Robert Wolgemuth brought in a very strong Biblical basis, while incorporating his own life experiences. I would definitely recommend this book to all parents out there with older children, little children, grandchildren. I would love to read his first book, "She Calls Me Daddy."

She Still Calls Me Daddy

I will be reviewing this first book as my beginning blogger reviewing.

So...How do you balance the 2?

I had my son back in June of 2006 and for his first year, save but for about a month, I was able to stay home with him. Being able to have that first year was quite a blessing.
Let me back up though and give a little history. I come from a one-income household. My father worked and my mother stayed home with my brother and I for 17 years. From the personal experience I had with this I have to say that I loved coming home to my mother being there after school, always there to help out, etc. Her staying home also proved a very great benefit when my parents decided to pull my brother and I out of school. We were homeschooled for just over three years; we both loved it. Now, my husband on the other hand comes from a tw0-incomes household. It is a very different environment. One major difference, obviously aside from the fact of himself and his siblings not having there parent home with them, was the monetary aspect. Monetarily, because both of his parents worked, they were able to provide in great monetary amounts for their children.
So how do you decide what is best for you?
Sometimes the decision is forced, you and your spouse do not make enough off of one income to even survive in this day and age; so both of you must work. It is not easy, I'll say that from the beginning. Being away from your child or children is one of the hardest things to do. I would like to say that if you are able to stay home with your child/children, I would do it. Children need that nurturing parent home with them. The mother has been placed on this earth as the nurturer, the husband has been placed on this earth as the provider(not to take away any part of his fatherhood and place as such).
The current position my husband and I are in, we both must work. But when given the opportunity, I would like to find a way to work less and be home with our son more.
The place of residence we are currently in is pretty unsuitable for the safety of our son, so for now, my mother watches him until we can find a safe and suitable daycare provider.
It is not easy to juggle job and child. For about a year I did so up north. I was blessed for the latter half of my work up north, to have a childcare provider that was absolutely amazing with our son. If I could replicate her and bring her down here, I would. Just a little note about my provider, which I will be looking for in the next person I give charge to taking care of my son. She had a motto: "Where manners are taught, and learning is fun." Most of her charges were 3 years old and younger. She worked very well with them; she had outside time, inside play time, they learned coloring, crafts, politeness, manners...I very much enjoyed the time and effort that she put forth to take care of the children with whom their parents had entrusted her with. She always made sure the children were safe and well taken care of. One key to working and taking care of your children is that you need to know and trust and have full confidence that the person who is taking care of your child is giving them the care that you would be giving your own child. It is not easy to find people who are very attentive to the children they are in charge of. But you have to be comfortable and know who you are sending your child to.
The necessity of having this environment for your child is that you do not want your child to be stressed out after a day at their daycare, you want to know they have been safe and well-fed and well taken care of.
Most people who work and have children, their day basically begins all over again when they pick their child up from daycare.

I will post more information later....