365. Lessons from a lovely article in Meridian Magazine, "The Family is like a book".
Lovely peaceful thoughts for a Sunday evening! PARENTING The Family Is Like A Book By Nicholeen Peck · February 25, 2015 Our family memorizes a poem and a scripture each week. Every day after family scripture time we say the poem and the scripture three times each. After a week, we usually have them memorized. This brief moment of deliberate daily memorization has created an atmosphere of learning and deep discussion in our home. It’s one of the best practices we ever made into a family tradition. Some time ago we found an old poem by Anon called “The Family” which we have really enjoyed memorizing and thinking about. The poem actually offers great insight and instruction for families on how to raise good, happy children. The poem goes: The Family The family is like a book – The children are the leaves, The parents are the covers That protecting beauty gives. At first the pages of the book Are blank and purely fair, But Time s...