My husband has a similar story to your family's story. It blows my mind to see how many generations it takes for a family to overcome the damage of a big event like The Great Depression in a family. If you look at the individual, you see how "messed up" they are, but when you look at the circumstances they came from, you actually see they did a bit better than their parents did. My kids are the 4th generation after The Great Depression and Joel and I are doing our best to raise them in a happy home with involved parents who love Jesus and point them toward Christ. We definitely are not perfect though.
That's so true, Michelle. Most of us are trying to do the best we can with what we've been served up, aren't we? Incrementally better is what we hope for as parents, right?
My husband has a similar story to your family's story. It blows my mind to see how many generations it takes for a family to overcome the damage of a big event like The Great Depression in a family. If you look at the individual, you see how "messed up" they are, but when you look at the circumstances they came from, you actually see they did a bit better than their parents did. My kids are the 4th generation after The Great Depression and Joel and I are doing our best to raise them in a happy home with involved parents who love Jesus and point them toward Christ. We definitely are not perfect though.
That's so true, Michelle. Most of us are trying to do the best we can with what we've been served up, aren't we? Incrementally better is what we hope for as parents, right?