From the monthly archives:
February 2008
The Seventh Day: Ninth Edition
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On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
Genesis 2:2-3
Welcome to the Ninth Edition of the Seventh Day Blog Carnival, a weekly event designed to provide bloggers an opportunity to showcase their best work and readers a chance to get acquainted with some new sites and authors!
A big “thank you“ goes to everyone participating this week either by submitting a post or supporting those who shared their work! Be sure to visit the submitters’ sites and leave a comment letting them know how much you enjoyed their contribution!
Writing / Blogging
Tiffany Colter shares Writing Career Coach: A Pleasant surprise and How I Got Here Part 2 from Writing Career Coach. She discusses a recent “pleasant surprise” and recounts early writing experiences.
JHS shares Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part One) from Colloquium, the first in a series considering the intersection between online behavior and real life success, beginning with the selection of an appropriate email address.
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Thy Will Be Done
“Momma prayed, momma cried, momma laid awake at night.
She would fight my battles while I slept away
Cause momma knew life is hard
without somebody on your side
I don’t know how, but there is power in the way
The way my momma prayed.”
~~ Words and Music by Jeremiah Olson (40 Miles North) ~~
Free will.
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare.
There comes a point at which you can no longer control the choices your child makes. Eventually, they have to stand on their own as independent beings. Ask any parent of an adult child if they ever stop worrying, fretting, wishing, hoping for their child and they will confirm that the job of parenting does not end until the day the parent either dies or becomes too incapacitated to continue functioning in the role. Once a parent, always a parent.
But parents have to learn an important lesson: They must let go, stand back and stand silent, observing the child’s forays into the world. That’s why I consider free will a parent’s worst nightmare. Parents have the benefit of life experience, worldliness. Parents can see their children hurling toward disaster, but must let the child learn from his/her own mistakes, just as the parent him/herself did.
Did you ever tell your parents to “butt out — it’s my life! It’s my decision!” I sure did. Did you ever accuse your parents of hovering over you, smothering you, not letting you find your “own way in the world” or words to that effect? I’m guilty on all counts. I had some monumental struggles with my parents. I thought they were unsophisticated and over-protective. They thought I was reckless, foolish and too stubborn to heed their wise counsel. All three of us were right. All three of us were wrong. Like most folks, we lived through all of it and our relationship transitioned into a comfortable alliance of older and younger generation, especially after they became grandparents.
But there is one thing of which I am certain: We survived that generational rite of passage because of their prayers.
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The Seventh Day: Eighth Edition
On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
Genesis 2:2-3
The Seventh Day is a weekly blog carnival designed to provide bloggers an opportunity to showcase their best work and readers a chance to get acquainted with some new sites and authors!
Welcome to the Eighth Edition of the Carnival, featuring a wide variety of posts from a diverse group of talented writers!
Writing
Claire shares Thoughts on Short Stories from A Writing Blog: Bebo Author. She is sponsoring a short story writing contest. You can submit an entry through March 21, 2008. Read all the rules here.
Fiction
Jenn shares The Keys to Her Future from Mixed Metaphor.net which she describes as a “fictional story about a woman who learns that her future is not as she had envisioned it, but embraces her new path.”
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Wordless Wednesday
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The Seventh Day: Seventh Edition
On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
Genesis 2:2-3
The Seventh Day is a weekly blog carnival designed to provide bloggers an opportunity to showcase their best work and readers a chance to get acquainted with some new sites and authors!
Welcome to the Seventh Edition of the Carnival, featuring a truly eclectic collection of posts from an amazing group of talented writers!
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