Passion Power

I helped my 5-year-old daughter make lemonade once. We loaded it up with lots of ice, added enough sugar, but not too much and squeezed a cutting board full of fresh juicy lemons. It was the best homemade lemonade I’d ever tasted. I watched from the front window on one of the hottest days of the year as she poured her juice at the end of our driveway in her sundress and baseball cap. She insisted doing this herself. “I got this, Mom” she said. She believed in herself. She had no reason not to. At 5 years old she had nothing to lose. Her sign attracted our neighbours and a bunch of construction workers that just so happened to be working on our street. As I stood and watched her confidence build with every customer, she served I thought to myself, why do we stop believing in ourselves and when do we let our own fear get in the way of letting our kids fail and fall? There was a time when we didn’t know the things that we now know because we tried something and gained experience...

This is a beautiful poem and a great reminder on how to be a wonderful parent and to raise happy healthy children. Blessings and love to all, Carrie A Parents’ Prayer (by Okomfo Akua Duku) Dear (God, Creator of your understanding). Remind me to teach my children to call on You in times of challenges and difficulty and to thank You afterwards. Teach me how to understand my children’s needs, to listen patiently to what they have to say, and to answer their questions with kindness and wisdom. Help me to be as courteous, compassionate and cooperative with them, as I want them to be to me. Heal me of all thoughts, habits and actions that lead me to shame and ridicule them when they make mistakes. May I never punish them out of spite or anger, or to show my power. Help me to demonstrate by all that I say and do that honesty, honor and humility will produce joy. Eliminate any meanness in me, when I am out of sorts, and help me to hold my tongue. May I be ever mindful that my c...