{"quotes":[{"text":"My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death now I see it from my son's perspective. ","author":"Rufus Sewell","tags":["death","son","perspective "],"id":1758,"author_id":"Rufus+Sewell"},{"text":"My daughter has a vivid imagination, and so does my son.","author":"Nicole Ari Parker","tags":["daughter","son","does "],"id":7955,"author_id":"Nicole+Ari+Parker"},{"text":"Without the sun, there is no shadow; without the Son, there is only shadow.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["cast-a-shadow","christianity","covered","darkness","death-after-life","eternity","faith","forgiven","god","guidance","heaven","hell","hope","jesus","life-after-death","light","lord","lost","love","oneness","quote","salvation","saved","sin","son","soul","spirit","sun","the-way","truth","warmth","word-of-god"],"id":11369,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"After Nicholas hung up the phone, he watched his mother carry buckets and garden tools across the couch grass toward a bed that would, come spring, be brightly ablaze as tropical coral with colorful arctotis, impatiens, and petunias. Katherine dug with hard chopping strokes, pulling out wandering jew and oxalis, tossing the uprooted weeds into a black pot beside her.The garden will be beautiful, he thought. But how do the weeds feel about it? Sacrifices must be made.","author":"Stephen M. Irwin","tags":["choices","flowers","garden","gardening","mother","sacrifices","son","unfairness-of-life","weeding","weeds"],"id":12039,"author_id":"Stephen+M.+Irwin"},{"text":"Evan stares at me.I try to hug him. He takes a step back. I pause, my heart in my throat. I’ve got to reach out to him, let myself be vulnerable. I find the courage, but he backs up again.“You can’t go to Iraq anymore.”“I know.”He looks up at Deanna, then back to me. “Did you fight bad guys? You told me you weren’t.” His voice is suspicious, full of accusation. He doesn’t trust me, and I don’t blame him for that.“No, Evan. I didn’t fight bad guys.”I can’t bring myself to tell him the complete truth. I want so desperately to go back into this fight. I miss it every day. I always felt I could change the world with a rifle in my hands and our flag on my shoulder.“Did you get shot?” he looks me over, apparently searching for bullet wounds.I grin a little. “No, Bud, I didn’t get shot.”“People get shot in Iraq.”“Yes, they do.” It strikes me then that Evan for the first time has a grasp on the dangers that are faced over there. He’s six now, and the world is coming into focus for him.“People get shot, Daddy. They die. Bad guys kill them.”I think of Edward Iwan and Sean Sims.“Yeah, I know they do, Evan.","author":"David Bellavia","tags":["army","dad","death","die","fight","guns","iraq","military","soldiers","son","terrorism","war"],"id":12450,"author_id":"David+Bellavia"},{"text":"My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.","author":"Karisma Kapoor","tags":["time","football","son "],"id":16939,"author_id":"Karisma+Kapoor"},{"text":"A son is an unfulfilled man’s last attempt to fulfill his unfulfilled dreams.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["dreams","failure","father","son","success"],"id":17860,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Fathers are the future's keepers, as it was in the beginning when the only begotten Son became Father to Man and the Great Circle of Father to Son; Son to Father began.","author":"Psyche Roxas-Mendoza","tags":["began","beginning","begotten","circle","father","future","great","keepers","son"],"id":19843,"author_id":"Psyche+Roxas-Mendoza"},{"text":"The Triune God is in the world, nearer to us than we are to ourselves, yet the world is also encompassed by his loving presence. He does have the whole world in his hands, even while he inhabits the whole world. For Christians, being saved means being caught up into this communion, indwelled by God and indwelling in him, and being opened up so that other people may have room in us and we in them.","author":"Peter J. Leithart","tags":["christians","communion","encompass","father","god","holy-spirit","indwelling","jesus","saved","son","trinity","world"],"id":20109,"author_id":"Peter+J.+Leithart"},{"text":"Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should stay away from the girl he knows would go to bed with him. Remember the words of Solomon to his son, “Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house” (Proverbs 5:8). I know this advice sounds very narrow in a day when virginity is mocked and chastity is considered old-fashioned. But I don’t apologize for it. The Scriptures are eternal, and God’s standards of right and wrong do not change with the whims of culture. He will honor and help those who are trying to follow His commandments. In fact, the apostle Paul said, “He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” (1Corinthians 10:13). Hold that promise and continue to use your head. You’ll be glad you did.","author":"James C. 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