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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
Ours and Yours
THE GEORGIA POST 4
<3000 KIDS REMEMBER DAD'S DAY...
Home crashers
We have all heard the
phrase, “Home is where
the heart is.” It’s nice
when home is the most
important place
in our world. But
sometimes it just
“ain’t” so!
Our homes can
be our paradise,
our place of rest,
our inspiration
and our favor
ite place in the
world. But I’m
afraid it’s not
always like that
for all people.
As a matter of fact, many
people dread going home
- afraid of what they will
find when they get there.
Many people go to lone
ly homes (even when there
is a houseful of people
there.) Many go to abusive
homes. Many spend
fearful nights in a home
that was built to enjoy and
love.
Just because there’s a
sign on the door which
reads “home sweet home”
doesn’t mean sweet people
reside there. Sometimes
homes become the place
of contention and anger.
Sometimes just the
mortgage payment causes
stress and grief. Drunken
ness and anger sometimes
fill the rooms of the place
that should be a child’s
paradise.
It truly breaks my heart
to think of how many bad
memories can sometimes
come from the “old home
place.” And unfortunately
too many events which
happened at the childhood
home carry over to our
adult homes. Children
truly learn what they live.
I’ve said in recent days
that if you really want to
love your happy home,
you should move away for
a while. Moving to Byron
let me know that I missed
my “home” in Cordele. So
we came back.
Although I have to ad
mit I have worried about
my mortgage a time or two
over the years, our home
has almost always been a
happy place.
Roy and I love each
other. And the dif
ference in a happy
home and a stressed
home is the love
that lives between
the walls of every
room.
There are two
kinds of people.
Home crashers and
home builders. Are
your actions tearing
down your house or
building it up?
I think one of the
greatest compliments any
parent can receive is when
their grown children say
that they loved their child
hood. My children have
professed this many times
to me. I loved raising
them and they loved being
raised.
They didn’t always have
everything all the other
kids had; but they had
parents who loved and
encouraged them.
On occasion, we had
late-night pizzas delivered
and there were nights we
searched for Haley’s Com
et, complete with donuts.
We attended ball games
and cheered them on. We
dreamed of vacations for
a year and found the week
flew by way too fast. But
we were always happy to
return home.
How is your home?
Are you a home builder
or a home crasher? Will
you evaluate how you act
at home and what your
children might say some
times down the road? Will
you transform your home
into paradise, a place to
cherish and from this day
on, make good memories.
Please don’t be a home
crasher. Let God help you
to build your home on
Him - the rock. He makes
all the difference.
NANCY GIBBS is an author,
minister’s wife and motivational
speaker. Contact her at nancyb-
gibbs@aol.com
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Gibbs
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Remembering the lessons from Daddy
With all that’s going on it’s
easy to over look holidays
and other things we need to
remember. I have to admit, I
have not been as good about
sending cards this year. I al
ways try to remember to send
birthday cards, anniversary
cards and even just because
cards during the year, but this
year, I’ve fallen down on that
job. I will try to do better in
the coming months.
Though social media makes it
easy to say happy birthday or
anniversary, it’s not the same
to me as a card that has been
signed by the person. Espe
cially if that person has picked
out the card specifically for
you. These days handwriting
a note is something no one
hardly ever does, but I still do
occasionally. Taking the time
to do that means you truly
care about the person.
We need to go back to in
stilling manners and teaching
proper etiquette to our young
people. These days many of
them cannot write the first
word in cursive, don’t know
proper telephone etiquette or
how to address an envelope.
The need is still there for
them to learn these things.
Don’t really know when all
that stopped but I do know I
passed it down to my children
and at least one of them prac
tices it to this day.
Don’t know about you but I
learned a lot from my parents,
especially my dad. There’s not
a day that goes by that I don’t
miss him or a week that goes
by when I’d like to pick up the
phone to call him.
He taught me many valuable
lessons and my gardening
skills are from my Granny and
Daddy. I learned to drive a
tractor at the age of
it, so when it came
time to drive a car,
I was ahead of the
curve. I then taught
most of the neigh
borhood kids how to
drive my car. In those
days all the kids
could drive a stick
shift. These days
many kids can’t. All
of mine can because
we thought it import
ant to teach them.
I never told my dad
that I had a fender
bender in his truck. His Chev
rolet truck was huge and to
turn the wheel I had to place
my whole body behind it.
Someone turned sharp in on
me. Dad’s truck didn’t show
anything but a scratch and the
other car had a slight dent.
It was kids as well about the
same age as I was and they
didn’t want to call the police
or for their parents to know
either. So we all went home. It
was the first time my dad had
let me take my younger broth
er off with me in the truck. I
knew my brother, who enjoyed
tattling on me, would probably
say something but as far as I
know he never did. If he did,
Daddy never said anything to
me about it.
Daddy was one of those who
listened to all sides of a story
and always said there was
more than one side, usually
more than two and you could
usually find the truth some
where in the middle of them
all.
He always told me I could do
whatever I wanted to do with
my life and that I did
not need a man to take
care of me. He taught
me to be independent,
perhaps to a fault when
I was younger. He was
right and I pushed
myself to the very limit
in making sure I got
that college degree.
Daddy said education
was important not just
for yourself but for your
career as well. The only
way to get ahead, he
always said was put our
nose to the grindstone
(hard work). He certainly set
the example in that and it’s
something I passed down to
my children as they all work
hard and take pride in the
work they do every day.
Even when he was sick, not
able to feed himself because
his hands shook too bad, he
always let me know he was
proud of me.
He challenged me to think
for myself and engaged me
in many vigorous discussions
about politics and what was
going on in the world at that
time. He loved it when we
disagreed as it gave both of us
something to think about and
to be more open minded.
Daddy was a quiet man
really, but as an arbetrator
and when in litigation, people
listened when he talked. He
spent a lot of time tamping on
his pipe and never spoke hast
ily so everyone knew he had
thought carefully about rulings
and decisions. He always
thought people said more than
they should without thinking
and didn’t listen as much as
they should.
I was one of the few, if not
the only person who could
decipher Daddy’s handwriting.
It looked a lot like chicken
scratching and he handwrote
everything for it to be typed.
Because of that I got to read
the column he wrote once a
week for a base paper and
decisions for cases before they
were released.
Even though he did have a
secretary, she had a hard time
reading his writing and would
always ask me to help her and
so usually I just went ahead
and typed it myself.
Don’t know what that says
about me but it’s true. These
days I sometimes have trouble
reading my own handwritten
notes.
When you lose your parents,
there are a lot of things they
miss, like new grandchildren
and accomplishments, mar
riages and lots more. Daddy
did not meet David and I wish
that he had. They are actually
a lot alike.
I’m just thankful we had him
as long as we did and that we
made many memories and
learned lessons along the way.
So, to all the fathers out
there, Happy Father’s Day.
Spend time with your family.
And if you like me are missing
your Father, prayers and hugs
for you.
VICTORIA SIMMONS Is a colum
nist, author, motivational speaker,
minister and publisher of The Geor
gia Post/Byron Buzz. Contact her at:
vsimmons54@gmail.com
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