WOMEN'S CONFERENCE "YOU ARE NOT ALONE"

WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

"YOU ARE NOT ALONE"
Women's Conference
By The Hodgin Road Christian Church
[When]
Saturday, November 9, 2013
[Time]
10:30am until 2:30pm

[Description]
Women's conference focusing on the common emotional struggles women face such as depression and anxiety and that we serve a God that loves and values us and is always there! You are not alone!

Guest Speakers:
Dar Hensley - Exectutive Director Stepping Stones Ranch/Clarksville, OH , Cheryl Heacox - Christ United Methodist Church/Richmond, IN, Holly Trenum - Pastor's wife and Registered Nurse/Hodgin Rd Christian Church, Richmond, IN

Guest Worship Leaders:
Angi Tague -Pastor's wife / Life House Church/Dayton Ohio and Michelle Cotton - Christ United Methodist Chruch/Richmond, IN

Lunch:
Soup and Salad Bar

Cost:
Free

Place:
4050 Hodgin Road, Richmond, Indiana 47374

RSVP by Wed Nov 6th:

Please call church at 765-966-7152

We Are All A Work In Progress

I think we are all a work in progress and must continue to strive to be better in many areas of our lives. There may be times when others refuse to see that we are trying, but still try we must. Life can be stressful which includes our striving to make better choices, do I make this choice or that choice and that choice, is it the right choice or the wrong choice, etc. I know I for one am far from perfect as a Christian, mother, daughter, sister etc but I am working on being a better person in all of those area even through my faults, failures and flaws.. We cannot give up even when we mess up and make bad choices. Do not let the negative remarks of others cause you o feel you are never going to do better. As much as we'd like to always make the right choices every time a choice needs to be made chances are we won't. So each day we must keep trying and not beat ourselves up emotionally every time we mess up, trust me others will do that for us if we allow them too. We must choose not to let them.

I Hope That You Will Read And Comment On My Blogs As Well As My Facebook page Surviving Victimization

I hope that you will read and comment on my blogs as well as my Facebook page Surviving Victimization. Thank you...  Teresa
http://survivorslikeus.blogspot.com/
http://domesticviolencehappenstochristians2.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/survivingvictimization
http://parentsmakemistakes.blogspot.com/
http://www.tchristi41.blogspot.com/

As Parents

As parents we have made both good and bad choices
we will later regret the bad choices and wish we could change them
but we can't
we can't undo what has been done as much as we would love to
therefore we can only try to do better
parenting is one of the hardest yet most rewarding things
in life we can be a part of
we can read all the books on parenting we want
yet first hand experience is out best teacher
there are no perfect parents
as much as we would like to believe there is
we want our children to always look at us as hero's
yet not all do
we must

continue to strive to be better parents
yet at times feel that isn't enough
even so we must keep doing our best
there will be times we have to tell our children no
not because we don't love them
but because we love them enough to say no
we hope that someday our children will understand
and always know that we love them...

Copyright Sept. 9, 2013

By Teresa Causey-Christian 

A Time Gone By

I remember a time gone by
when you would run to me
laughing with your arms open wide,
a time when we shared hugs, kisses,
cuddles and giggles
a time when we would run and play
with the sand under our feet
a time when I could kiss your boo boo's away
and you looked at me in amazement
a time when I held your hands
as we crossed the streets
a time when I would sit and
watch you sleep
a time when I held you in my arms
knowing all to soon you'd be grown
a time that for a moment
seemed to stand still
a time of the past yet ever
present in my heart
a time that seemed to go all to quick
and no longer stands still
a time of time gone by is here....

Copyright Sept. 8, 2013
By Teresa Causey-Christian

There Will Be Good day And Bad Days In Parenting..

There are good days and bad days in parenting and I believe the good most certainly out weigh the bad. There will be times we make make wrong decisions/choices and there are times we make right choices. It is up to us to try not to keep repeating the wrong ones and better yet if it were possible not to make any wrong ones at all, however I am not that parent who has never made a wrong decision/choice. I try not to raise my voice although I have but not recently, I try not to say something that hurts my children, although I have even though I didn't realize at the time it hurt them. We will never be perfect parents, however we can strive to be good parents. When I was younger  my mom tried to tell me something for my good I thought I knew what was best and trust me now I wished I had listened to her more, because I then could have a avoided a lot of the heartache i went through as an adult... We try to tell our children things to keep them from repeating our own bad choices, however we cannot force them to listen, all we can do is to continue to pray for them (if you are a believer of prayer) and to continue to love them unconditionally, that is not to say we must condone and approve of all of their choices... So sometimes as much as we want to protect our children from our repeating out past bad choices and their own current ones we must in fact step back for a time and allow them to choose and learn from their choices, no that's not to say we can't give them advice it is however to say we can't for it on them and must not keep repeating our advice to the point of pushing them away which I have been guilty of at times and am now currently working on not doing that Does it mean I won't still butt my nose in, well probably not but it does mean I will try to not do it as often and only if I am concerned for the physical and emotional well being. I love them enough to try to give advice at times, even if it makes them mad although making them mad isn't my intention and I love them enough to step back at others times and let them learn their lessons the hard way as I did which is extremely hard when you want to help. So give advice and help when you can and step back and be quiet when needed and always always love them unconditionally even when you don't approve of and/or condone their choices, actions or words...

Parenting Doesn't Come With Instructions It Comes With Experience

Parenting doesn't come with instructions., oh we can read books and we can read blogs such as this one or others, however the only true way to learn about parenting is each day being a parent. You will find that hands on is the best experience even when we make bad choices for ourselves and/or our children of which I myself am guilty of both. We will make decisions that we try to convince ourselves are the right ones, to discover later they were some of the worst ones we could make. We can't change most choices and by the time we realize we realize what our choice is doing to ourselves and/or our children the damage is already done. Most parents would not intentionally hurt their children even though we inadvertently. do. Whether we have chosen to no longer be with our children's other parent, we chose to remarry, we say things we feel is to protect them, but it instead they are hurt by them many times because our words are added to, taken from or completely twisted, then there are times we may something out of anger that we later regret, yet it doesn't change that the words were said, etc there are too many examples to list here. The point is that we all make bad choices and mistakes, but the two are not always the same. See the following defintions for both chies and mistakes and then see the similarities and differences. Hint: One is intentional (a choice) and one is unintentional ( a mistake) of which a choice was made not meant to hurt others including ourselves and of which I would dare to day that we are all guilty of both.

Choice :  

Definition of choice (n)

Bing Dictionary

choice

 [ choyss ]   

1. act of choosing something or somebody: a decision to choose one thing, person, or course of action in preference to others
2. power to choose: the chance or ability to choose between different things
3. selection of things: a variety of things, people, or possibilities from which to choose

Synonyms: excellent, high-quality, optimal, special, prime, best, select

 Definition of mistake (n)

Bing Dictionary

mis·take

 [ mi stáyk ]   

1. incorrect act or decision: an incorrect, unwise, or unfortunate act or decision caused by bad judgment or a lack of information or care
2. error: something in a piece of work that is incorrect, e.g. a misspelling or a misprint
3. misunderstanding: a misunderstanding of something

Synonyms: blunder, gaffe, faux pas, lapse, misstep, blooper, miscalculation, clanger, bloomer

I myself am deeply sorry for my bad choices and my mistakes of which sadly I have made many of both, that have inadvertently hurt my children and others over the years.

We however cannot beat ourselves up over our choices and/or mistakes nor can we allow others to do that to us as well. We can choose to apologize and move forward and do our best to make better choices and less mistakes as people and as parents. We can read all the instructions books we want as stated earlier, but even then we truly aren't prepared for what is ahead for us and our children as parents.. Parenting is an experience and an adventure in which we will who are parents will learn is no tan easy road to travel, but it is one well worth it all in the end...