Call them rules or call them limits, good ones, I believe, have this in common: they serve reasonable purposes; they are practical and within a child's capability; they are consistent; and they are an expression of loving concern.

It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.

I don't want to eat anything that has a mother

I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.

Kids can spot a phony a mile away.

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

I believe that appreciation is a holy thing--that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something sacred.