Time

Hello all this is Opie signing on...................................

It is amazing to me how time seems to go so fast at one point, and then at another point it goes so slow! I guess it is all relative. It seems like yesterday when I was having a blast enjoying being what I was before my daughter. Then again it seems like yesterday when she was born. Now to look at her she is almost 9. Another 9 years and she will be an adult, wow. I try to enjoy all the time that I have to spend with her. She, at times can put me on an emotional roller coaster! One minute, I am mad at her and then the next, she gives me those puppy dog eyes and then I start to feel bad for being mad at her and start to smile! She brings me joy so much. I thank God for the blessing of my daughter! 
Time is the most precious thing that we have. I say spend it wisely. There will be a day that I won't be able to comfort her when she needs it. Or tell her that monsters aren't under her bed! There will be a day however, that I will be able to share an enormous amount of wisdom with her that she quite don't understand right now! When I can give her advise on boys....(stay away from them!!!)......lol. When I "God willing" will be able to hold and cherish a grandchild! When she is having a problem with her own children and she picks up the phone to ask for my advise, or on buying something or whatever it is......I will be there! That is the beauty of all of this is that, I am always gonna have that connection with her. When we can go and drink coffee and just talk about non important issues and just pass the time! I can dig it.
It breaks my heart that some parents don't understand that children need a solid foundation to be raised in. They need to have instilled in them that God is the one that provides all things. That when they feel that they are all alone they have someone to call! That a familythat prays together....stays together. I am proof of that. I have been with my wife for 14 years and love every minute of it!!! There fore I can say that my daughter will have a great family oriented life, even if it is only just us three!

In closing, I say that if you have children....LOVE them like it is the last day you will see them! Give them all you can all the time. I too have regrets, but I try to rectify those. Pray with your children and teach them about God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit! Teach them!!!!! Love them!!!!! Think about it!!!!!

Opie..........................................