Tag Archives: children

Love Always and Forever!

Posted on February 14, 2013 by russtowne

This year I decided to create my own Valentines’ Day card for My Beloved. Here’s what it said: To My Beloved on Valentine’s Day We started as kids playing in the street In basketball you were hard to beat I … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Marriage, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged bloved, challenges, children, kids, Life, Love, marriage, Valentine's Day, wife | 14 Comments

They Chose To Give It To You

Posted on February 13, 2013 by russtowne

“When a child gives you a gift, even if it is a rock they just picked up, exude gratitude. It might be the only thing they have to give, and they chose you to give it to.” –Unknown I believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Generosity, Gifts, Gratitude, Quotes I Love | Tagged child, children, gift, gifts, Love, people, strangers | 15 Comments

Context Is Everything

Posted on January 26, 2013 by russtowne

While waiting in the Urgent Care facility for my Mother-in-Law to be checked out after her bad fall down the escalator, a woman seated just two seats away from me was talking quite loudly into what appeared to me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, Awareness, Children, Parenting, True Stories I've Written | Tagged children, deaf, elementary, iPod Nano, MIL, Mother, Mother-in-law, parent, School | 11 Comments

Hallway Torture

Posted on January 22, 2013 by russtowne

(This is a re-post for newer readers.) One of the toughest challenges we had as parents was regarding discipline. We wanted to be firm but loving and fair and for the consequences to be effective, age-appropriate, and child-specific. Unfortunately, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Children, Creativity, Discipline & Consequences, Fairness, Parenting, True Stories I've Written, Youth | Tagged child, children, consequences, discipline, fair, fairness, hallway, parenting, torture | 2 Comments

Don’t Smile!

Posted on January 16, 2013 by russtowne

(A re-post with minor revisions for my friends who are newer to this blog.) 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Humor, Parenting, True Stories I've Written | Tagged children, discipline, friends, kids, rules, smile, smiling, son, woe | 13 Comments

Braces

Posted on January 13, 2013 by russtowne

(A repost for newer readers to this site.) Sometimes it is really tough to be a kid. When both of our boys needed braces we knew they were in for a rough time. In those days braces tended to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Children, Parenting, True Stories I've Written | Tagged boys, braces, children, parenting, parents, self-esteem, sons, teeth | 20 Comments

How a Daunting Gauntlet Became a Fun Zone

Posted on January 1, 2013 by russtowne

(This is a re-post with minor revisions.) Some years ago I was standing in a long, long line at a major theme park in southern California. I was bored, hot, and tired. I stuck a hand in my pocket and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Family "Fun", True Stories I've Written | Tagged bored, children, coins, daunting gauntlet, entertaining, fun, hot, long lines, My Beloved, parents, quarter, Southern California, theme park, tired | 6 Comments

“So Many Caring People In this World”

Posted on December 17, 2012 by russtowne

“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 this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Heroes, Kindness, Love, Making the World a Better Place, Quotes I Love, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged 9/11, Caring, children, children. childrens', compassion, curiosity, episodes, fears, Fred Rogers, Friend, friends, Friendship, gentle, helper, helpers, Heroes, kind, kndness, Love, Mr. Rogers', Relationship, September 11, show, television, TV | 12 Comments

One Woman’s Amazing Legacy

Posted on November 28, 2012 by russtowne

I recently read a post that one of you wrote or perhaps re-blogged that talked about one of the bravest people I’ve ever read about. As young woman, she risked death and torture daily to save about 2500 children and … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged babies, children, courage, death, honor, legacy, monuments, Nazi, Nazis, nurse, plumber, torture, Warsaw Ghetto, woman, young | 4 Comments

This Cat is REALLY “Liked!”

Posted on November 15, 2012 by russtowne

I saw his article on The Sideshow and thought you might enjoy reading it: Dan Urbano’s two kids really wanted a cat. So, Urbano jokingly made a bet offering to adopt a feline friend if they could get 1,000 “likes” … Continue reading →