Category Archives: Children

A War of Wills

Posted on November 16, 2013 by russtowne

Here is an excerpt from my book, “From the Heart of a Grateful Man” which is due to be released next month. A War of Wills As parents, My Beloved and I were blessed with remarkably honest children. They were … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Choices, Discipline & Consequences, Family, Family "Fun", My Written Works Misc., Non-fiction Stories I've Written, Non-Fiction Writing I've Done, Parenting, Youth | Tagged author, book, child, children, consequences, discipline, Family, grateful, heart, parenting, pride, proud, son, writing | 10 Comments

He’ll Need Someone Who Understands

Posted on October 30, 2013 by russtowne

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups, and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Children, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Love, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged dogs, farmer, heart-warming, Love, puppies, puppy, stories, writer, writing | 6 Comments

Connection

Posted on October 4, 2013 by russtowne

My oldest grandson Thomas and an orangutan shared a fist bump at the St. Louis Zoo earlier this week. My son Ben snapped the shot during our visit to my twin grandsons and their parents this week. The size of … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Animals, Children, Connection/Connecting, Family, Family "Fun", Humor, Love, Making Memories | Tagged children, Family, grandchild, Grandchildren, grandsons, marriage, orangutans, Relationship, St. Louis Zoo, twins, wife | 18 Comments

A 5-Run Homer!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by russtowne

In 2012 I experienced a most unusual baseball game between the Giants and the Yankees. During it I got to see a 5-run homer, a batter run the bases backwards, players skipping in the outfield and doing somersaults in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Children, Commitment, Compassion, Connection/Connecting, Fun, Heroes, Humor, Inspiring, Kindness, Love, Making the World a Better Place, My Written Works Misc., Non-fiction Stories I've Written, Non-Fiction Writing I've Done, Youth | Tagged author, challenged, challenges, fun, heart-warming, humor, inspirational, joy, K-1, non-fiction, special ed teacher, Special Education, teacher, tears, Touching, uplifting, writer, writing | 13 Comments

Amazon.com Released My Third Children’s Book Today

Posted on September 5, 2013 by russtowne

I’m pleased to announce that Amazon.com released “Rusty Bear and Thomas, Too” today.

Posted in Children, Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Following Your Passion, Uncategorized | Tagged author, children's book, children's books, children's stories, children's story, Rusty Bear, Rusty Bear and Thomas, writer | 20 Comments

Don’t Mess With Mama Raccoon!

Posted on September 3, 2013 by russtowne

Several years ago my family went camping in a park filled with beautiful redwood trees and ferns–two of my favorite plants. We enjoyed a pleasant, relaxing day and evening–-until shortly after we tried to go to sleep. Our then-teen-age son … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Children, Family "Fun", Humor | Tagged author, camping, chidren, Family, family fun, ferns, fun, humor, non-fiction story, non-fiction writing, raccoon, redwood tree, redwood trees, son, writer | 6 Comments

Don’t Smile!

Posted on August 25, 2013 by russtowne

(A repost for newer folks to this site.) My Beloved and I found that one of the hardest things about disciplining our young children was staying serious when scolding them—especially when every instinct in our bodies and minds wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Family, Family "Fun", Fun, Parenting, True Stories I've Written | Tagged child, children, discipline, fun, humor, parenting, scolding, wife | 6 Comments

Something I Learned About Myself

Posted on August 24, 2013 by russtowne

When the packages containing the physical proofs of my first two books arrived, I was quite surprised that rather than being excited and anxious to open them–like a young child at Christmas–I was reluctant to do so. I put the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Creativity, Fun, Growth/Learning, Joy & Happiness, Writing | Tagged "Clyde and I", author, children, children's books, children's stories, Cyde and I Help a Hippo to Fly", Grandchildren, growth, Grumbly Grumpadinkle, kindness named Love, learning, pet kindness named Love, printing, publishing, Rusty Bear, Rusty Bear and Thomas, self-publishing, Too, Wendly Goodlight, writing | 10 Comments

A Child’s Smile and Laughter

Posted on August 23, 2013 by russtowne

I often write children’s stories and books with very silly characters and situations. That because I love to see children smile and laugh. Sadly, there are many children who don’t have much to smile or laugh about. Many are fighting … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Children, Healing | Tagged abuse, burn survivors, children's books, gifts, ill children, illustrations, notes, poems, seriously ill children, survivors | 9 Comments

“So Many Caring People In This World”

Posted on August 23, 2013 by russtowne

(This is a re-post for newer readers.) “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To … Continue reading →