How's Your Tuesday going?

Hi all,

I don't k  now how the weather is where you are, but it's very cloudy and rainy here in South Central PA.  Days like this make me just want to take a little nap,  I won't do that, because I have some things to do yet this afternoon.

I've been working on my little security blankets for children who are in hospitals, for an extended period of time.  My heart goes out to every one of them.  I can't imagine how frightened they must be, every day, especially with all the medical procedures they need to go through.  I now have sixty-two blankets finished.  I'll just keep on hand-sewing until later in the year.  My Sister, Carol, has been visiting here in PA, and she's been coming in to spend time with me three or four days a week.  I taught her how to make the blankets and helped her with a few other projects.  She's doing good!

My Sister has lived in North Carolina for many, many years now.  So, I really don't get to see her very often.  Since she is now alone, she drives up to PA about once a year.  She stays with my brother and his wife while she's here.  But, I treasure the days she comes in and spends this time with me.  She enjoys it because I teach her how to do creative things, which I am only too happy to do.  We spent some time talking about how things where when we were children.  We both agree on the fact that we had an awesome childhood.  My parents didn't have much money and my Dad worked a full time and a part time job to make ends meet.  Also, our Mother worked full time, at a local sewing factory when my younger Brother started school.  I love reminiscing with Carol about our childhood.  We both agree that our good values, morals and ethics came from Mom and Dad.  We're so happy to have had them for our parents.

As a Mom, I tried very hard to raise my three daughters with the very same principles that my Parent's raised me with.  I couldn't be any more prouder of my Daughters then I am.  You see, they raised their Sons, my six Grandsons, with those very same morals, principles, values and ethics as their Grandparents raised me.  I am so proud of my Daughters and my Grandsons.

With the way things are in the world today, people need to get back to those morals, values and ethics and move away form the permissiveness that exists with children in today's world.  It seems to me that many of today's children have a sense of entitlement, but they don't.  It's that simple.  We all have to live and work in this world to make it a good place to live.  The work is hard and no one is entitled to say, "You owe me," to their parents.  Every  human being, no matter who you are, has responsibilities, at least they should have.  If the parents don't teach responsibility to their children, the child doesn't grow up being a responsible adult.  It just angers me to hear a teenager yell at their parents, "You  Owe Me!"  NO they do not.  A parent's job is to raise their children to be a responsible adult, after that, they owe them nothing.  Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with being there for your adult children and helping them, as long as they are being responsible.  But, they don't owe them that.  So, teach your children to be responsible from the time they're very young and you won't have that problem when they grow up.  It's that simple.

I hope your week goes well and you enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.  Please remember the meaning for celebrating Memorial Day and give thanks to all our service woman and men, present and past.
Susan