The Only Parenting Failure
by Ellen C. Braun
Filed under Words of Inspiration!
“The only failure is not trying.”
As long as you have not given up, you are still in the game. Continuing to try, no matter what the results of your attempts, makes you a success!
The very fact that you are on reading RaisingSmallSouls.com means that you are still playing to win. No matter what has happened in the past, you are headed in the right direction now.
This poem, by an unknown author, summarizes this concept perfectly:
Don’t Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest, if you must – but don’t you quit!
Life is interesting, with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a person turns about
When he might have won – had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow-
You may succeed with one more blow.
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late, when the night came down
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit!
Visit RaisingSmallSouls often, and let us know how you and your children are doing!
i have this poem on a little plaque on my dresser. thanks so much.
dont quit huh? my husband gary and i raised our beautiful, loving, caring angel, mary edna. mary is 24 now. march 1st,07, mary was here at home with us, her parents. her boyfriend, clinton kingery,of tucson az, thought mabey mary was cheating on him. he says he was just feeling upset, and he screamed for mary to come out and get in HER car, that he was sitting in.mary went out side and said she would get in the car only if he calmed down, puzzeled that he was even yelling. i walked out side, clinton backed up the car, hit my friends truck 3 times, then tried to hit me with the car, not just once, but three times. mary , my daughter, moved closer to me and he ended up trapping her left leg in between HER car and the truck, then he got out of the car and came at me with his fists. i turned my head, so he continually punched me in the back of my head, in stead of my face. my friend-old neighbor, came out yelled for him to stop, with a gun in his hand. clinton did not stop hitting me untill the gunshot went off, accidently. the bullet scrapped the top of his head, but he did not even need medical attention,except for mabey a mental ward. he would have killed me other wise, all because he had crazy thoughts??? he took off in the car and the cops caught him. but he was simply charged with simple traffic tickets, witch were dismissed after 2 weeks in jail. so, i basicly helped him with old traffic charges, in which he was wanted for anyways, thats what the police did for my daughter and me. they misslead me to believe he was charged more serious charges . now, after all the wonderful years ive spent raising my daughter mary, with love and morals, and 2 weeks of watching her leg heal, and taking care of her while she was healing ,take a guess where my daughter is right now? she is with clinton kingery, some where. and she wont even talk to her father or i because we , well you know, we wont say , ok we forgive your boyfriend. in fact we are trying to get him charged with the crimes he commited, a month ago. any advice or inspiring words are more than welcome….i miss my daughter,i dont understand,she was never even around an abusive family. and she is beautiful, inside and out. should i just give up- quit now ?? thanks, connie domagala
My advice to you would be to change your perscriptions and find another hobbie lady! Did u leave anything out? How mighty white of you to pretend to be helping him out just so u could basically set him up for the fall!! WOW! maybe u should not judge him by your daughters PAST RELATIONSHIP and see WHY your daughter loves this man. HMMMM????
RE; TANYA, OR CJ,MARY,OR SHANNON, EVERY SINGLE THING I WROTE IS THE TRUTH,AND YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT I LEFT A LOT OF THINGS OUT … I DID NOT PRETEND TO HELP ANYONE OUT, OR SET ANYONE UP FOR ANY FALL. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TELL ME HOW TO JUDGE SOMEONE ????? I LOOK AT THE FACTS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD FACT MEANS ????? OR ARE YOU TOO BUSY CHASING RAINBOWS??? AND MY DAUGHTER HAD A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH ORRIN TACK HUNNICUTT, FIVE YEARS. AND HE WORKED, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A JOB ?? OH, NEVER MIND , YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THAT WORD. MY DAUGHTER HAD A GOOD JOB TOO,BUT YOU KNOW THE REST OF THAT STORY, DONT YOU ???? NOW,YOU WHOM WORSHIPS MY DAUGHTERS BOYFRIEND SO MUCH, YOU ARE EITHER HIM,MEANING MY DAUGHTERS BOYFRIEND, OR YOU ARE HIS SISTER,…EITHER WAY, THAT IS SICK AND TWISTED !NOW MOVE ON TO YOUR NEXT VICTIMS.
You can only raise a child the best way you know. There are no guarantees in how they will turn out. All you can do at this point is keep the lines of communication open and hope and pray that your daughter will see her relationship with the loser is not worth it.
Tanya – you totally misread the post. She wasn’t pretending to help the loser. The point she was making was that by having him arrested only served to get his warrants taken care of by spending 2 weeks in jail. And your racist remark was totally out of line. You obviously harbor rage toward whites. Grow up.