As she finally realizes that she was wrong for not accepting her child as they are, she finally came to accept her child. She is happy that her child is happy, so she is no longer in denial. She can smile and not cry herself to sleep. She can wake up with joy in her heart for her child. She knows that her child will be prosperous in all that they do, so she no longer has to worry. She does not know what tomorrow will bring for her child, but she knows who holds their future in their hands.

Now when they speak to one another, she can hear the joy in her child. She can see the smile on their face. She hears the words,”I love you mom“. She is more than happy, she has tears of joy in her eyes, but smiles and returns those heartfelt words of, “I love you too my child”.

As I write this story, tears are in my eyes because it makes me think of how much God loves us, and how nothing can ever make Him stop loving us, or accepting us just the way we are. We are to accept others just as they are,and if there is room for change it will happen. We cannot change people, but we can change ourselves. We can change the way we think, act, respond, talk, feel, and be. We have to look deep inside of ourselves and examine ourselves. We must know that in order to change, we have to want to change , not for the worse, but for the better, so we can be who God has created us to be.

We will always have questions about things that we do not understand. We just need to remember who has all of the answers to all of our questions, and His name is Jesus Christ. Don’t forget to spend some time with Him today, He’s waiting to hear from you. Amen.

As I listen to various kinds of music, I listen to the lyrics. I listen to see if it speaks to me, and if it does I continue to listen to it, but if it doesn’t I don’t. Music has to touch that certain part of my heart that makes me want to share it, because if it makes me happy I want to share it to make others happy. Sometimes when I listen to music, I listen to the rhythm of the music, I listen to see if it has a good base line that I can groove to. I like music that puts me in a good mood, that makes me smile, and especially it has to sound so good that I want to listen to it when am cleaning; everyone needs a good piece of music to listen to when cleaning, it make it fun and time goes by fast, and before you know it you’re done. I remember one day I was mopping the kitchen and I was listening to my favorite compact disc, I mopped that floor like it had never been mopped before; I mean it was sparkling whenever finished. I said to myself that I needed to listen to music every time I cleaned the house, and that is just what I have done. It makes cleaning fun and I have a good time doing it. Music sometimes makes me think back to when I was young hanging out with my friends. It makes me want to relive those years again, but that is past history. Music has lyrics that speaks into your life, sometimes it tells stories about joy, happiness, sadness, tragedy, but most of all music is fun to listen to. Without music, we would not be able to ground out the noise that we hear on a daily basis. Music brings families together when we plan parties, family reunions, class reunions, concerts of various kinds, and when you are just listening in your vehicle while driving, or when listening through headphones. There are many ways to listen to music today. Back in the days people listened to the radio, phonographs, record players that played albums such as forty-fives that used a needle to hear the sound through speakers, and if it was scratched the record was ruined, unless the flip side had recordings on it. Now we have You Tube, Internet, I Pods, MP3’s and other ways to listen to music. I must say it has came a long way from the way it was before. There are more ways we used to listen to music. There were Boom Boxes that played tapes that you had to pop in a tape deck, compact discs, or CD’s. There were Jukeboxes that you had to put money in to play a record. Now everything is electronic.

I love music. I think my life would be boring without it. I grew up listening to music all of my life, and now our children does as well. I don’t think I will ever be without a way way to listen to music; even if I have to sing it to myself. So, for everyone that loves music, keep on listening to whatever makes you happy and want to groove. Keep on sharing that universal language. Peace.