"What kind of parent are you?"

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A woman who’s part of our Listen to Life community on-line at www.listentolife.org emailed me about an awesome experience she had recently.

Her daughter sent flowers to her office with a personal note that read something like, “Thank you for being such a good role model for me so that I can be a good mother, too.” Well, you know the effect that had on her—eyes full of tears, wiping those tears. “You never know for sure,” she said, “because you know you’re not the perfect parent.”

The next time she was with her daughter she thanked her for the flowers and the sentiment and told her about not being the perfect parent. “Mom,” she said, “none of us ever lives up to what God expects. But God blessed me with parents who loved and cared about me.”

She’s right, you know! There’s not a one of us, parent or otherwise, who gets life right every time. But you can keep on loving and caring about the people God places around you and just know that that is enough for today as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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