Daily Meditation: Becoming Friends of Our Children

Wednesday March 26, 2014 Becoming Friends of Our Children Can fathers and mothers become friends of their children?  Many children leave their parents to find freedom and independence and return to them only occasionally.  When they return they often feel like children again and therefore do not want to stay long.  Many parents worry about children's well-being after they have left home.  When their children visit they want to be caring parents again. But a mother can also become the daughter of her daughter and a father the son of his son.  A mother can become the daughter of her son and a father the son of his daughter.  Father and mother become brother and sister of their own children, and  they all can become friends.  It doesn't happen often, but when it does happen it is as beautiful to watch as the dawn of a new day.   We are now sending Weekly Lenten e-reflections. If you'd like to receive these weekly emails, click the "Update Profile/Email Address" link at the bottom of this email or click here and enter your email address. You can also join our Lenten book discussion. Please click here for information. "The Spirit and Practice of Excellence" call-in seminar is happening on April 8th. For more information and to register, please click here. Comment on this Daily Meditation.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.

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