Comments on: Daddy Is Coming Home! http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/ A girl travels the world in search of what she needs and returns home to find it - Allison McCune Davis Sat, 12 May 2012 03:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Allison http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3293 Allison Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:02:34 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3293 Kellie-Thank you and great thinking on the children! Of course who knows what God has in store for any of us, but I do believe if something is truly the desire of our hearts, anything is possible. God Bless and you have a great website! Kellie-Thank you and great thinking on the children! Of course who knows what God has in store for any of us, but I do believe if something is truly the desire of our hearts, anything is possible. God Bless and you have a great website!

]]> By: Kellie http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 Kellie Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:13:02 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3204 I really admire you guys for making this decision. In some ways I feel like it is too late for my husband and I to make changes like that (his job doesn't offer that kind of flexibility), but I've been thinking about how I can encourage my kids to think about how their future jobs will impact their family life. I really admire you guys for making this decision. In some ways I feel like it is too late for my husband and I to make changes like that (his job doesn’t offer that kind of flexibility), but I’ve been thinking about how I can encourage my kids to think about how their future jobs will impact their family life.

]]> By: Allison http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3195 Allison Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:46:06 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3195 Beth-Be blessed in your homeschooling adventure. You are their best teacher. Be kind to yourself in the process and let it just evolve little by little. I enjoyed your website! Ladonna - Wow! What a great testimony to this whole thing. Thank you for the encouragement. I definitely agree that the benefits seem to outweigh the aggravations. Catherine - I agree! Mayme - Isnt that verse just awesome. Makes you realize God has it all figured out, to say the least!! Jen - Thank you for your encouragement and your example of this kind of life over the last 2 years. You guys are a model family I know many more people over the years will see and follow and that will help that pendulum swing back even more! Kate - Thank you for your prayers and great to hear from you! And for an update - This morning is the start of Day 2. Day 1 was absolutely fantastic. It was very busy, boxes everywhere, phone men installing phone/internet lines, but the peace in my heart was palpable. The children did well, we all had lunch together, Dad got a lot done and loved his first day, we did some good school while baby napped, the atmosphere was just brimming with peace, activity, and a fullness that the team is all under one roof now. What a secure feeling that is. Thank you Lord! Beth-Be blessed in your homeschooling adventure. You are their best teacher. Be kind to yourself in the process and let it just evolve little by little. I enjoyed your website!
Ladonna – Wow! What a great testimony to this whole thing. Thank you for the encouragement. I definitely agree that the benefits seem to outweigh the aggravations.
Catherine – I agree!
Mayme – Isnt that verse just awesome. Makes you realize God has it all figured out, to say the least!!
Jen – Thank you for your encouragement and your example of this kind of life over the last 2 years. You guys are a model family I know many more people over the years will see and follow and that will help that pendulum swing back even more!
Kate – Thank you for your prayers and great to hear from you!

And for an update – This morning is the start of Day 2. Day 1 was absolutely fantastic. It was very busy, boxes everywhere, phone men installing phone/internet lines, but the peace in my heart was palpable. The children did well, we all had lunch together, Dad got a lot done and loved his first day, we did some good school while baby napped, the atmosphere was just brimming with peace, activity, and a fullness that the team is all under one roof now. What a secure feeling that is. Thank you Lord!

]]> By: kate http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3184 kate Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:48:16 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3184 How Exciting! I love the days when G is at home in his office. What fun coffee breaks for everyone! Hope it is all that you pray it will be!! How Exciting! I love the days when G is at home in his office. What fun coffee breaks for everyone! Hope it is all that you pray it will be!!

]]> By: Jennifer Dunford http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3159 Jennifer Dunford Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:32:30 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3159 YES, what a wonderful series of events leading up to a monumental landmark in your lives. Just having the "daddy voice," as I call it, around the atmosphere of your home will produce even more results and changes that you can imagine. You explained so succinctly how we've strayed so far from what families HAVE ALWAYS DONE!!! In Jesus' Name, the pendulum will keep swinging away from the fragmented family to a place of true health and wholeness. Healthy families mean a healthy world, one family at a time!!! It IS a family thing!!! Yahoo!!! Thank you for saying it boldly and bluntly. Keep it up! YES, what a wonderful series of events leading up to a monumental landmark in your lives. Just having the “daddy voice,” as I call it, around the atmosphere of your home will produce even more results and changes that you can imagine. You explained so succinctly how we’ve strayed so far from what families HAVE ALWAYS DONE!!! In Jesus’ Name, the pendulum will keep swinging away from the fragmented family to a place of true health and wholeness. Healthy families mean a healthy world, one family at a time!!! It IS a family thing!!! Yahoo!!! Thank you for saying it boldly and bluntly. Keep it up!

]]> By: Mayme http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Mayme Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:03:15 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3145 Psalms 37:4 is my husband's favorite bible verse. It was his first Christmas present I cross stitched the verse for him. Five years later and living in North Platte NE I am looking at that verse on my wall Psalms 37:4 is my husband’s favorite bible verse. It was his first Christmas present I cross stitched the verse for him. Five years later and living in North Platte NE I am looking at that verse on my wall

]]> By: Catherine http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3142 Catherine Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:43:39 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3142 Why not, indeed, Allison...it will be wonderful! Why not, indeed, Allison…it will be wonderful!

]]> By: Ladonna http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 Ladonna Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:30:15 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3139 Hi Allison, You are right to prepare yourself for a little strife and conflict. One of my friends, a homeschool mom and attorney, says that when you prepare for problems, the problems are never as bad as when you do not prepare for them! Seriously, my husband has been home with us for most of our marriage. He is slightly opinionated about things around the house that most men never even notice. At times, that can make me edgy to say the least. But, then, the benefits far outweigh the aggravations. He was in the kitchen washing tomatoes with me on Tuesday night and on Wednesday was in and out of the kitchen all day helping me make salsa. Today, in between helping one of our sons work at a local cemetery, he came in and juiced carrots for me. He is the gardener in the family and all my children have learned about it from him. (I am a wimp and prefer to be in the house.) We have three sons and because he has always been at home or next door at the church during their lives, they know how to do things that many young men do not know how to do. They service our lawn mowers, change oil in our various vehicles, help in the wood working shop, and have helped in our remodeling, learning to run electric lines, do plumbing, staining, sanding and finishing wood, etc. When my husband's ministry calls him away for more than a few hours, we take turns going with him. When we cannot, he often asks us to NOT do our reading until he returns. He has enjoyed our reading aloud as much as the children. Our children also spent lots of time at our churches when we lived next door in a parsonage and helped to minister and do maintenance on the church. I am very blessed to have a stay at home, now, semi-retired husband/pastor. We are enjoying going with him now to various churches. I am sure your children will learn a great deal about working with the public through answering the business phone and helping their dad in many ways as they grow older. God bless you, Ladonna Hi Allison,

You are right to prepare yourself for a little strife and conflict. One of my friends, a homeschool mom and attorney, says that when you prepare for problems, the problems are never as bad as when you do not prepare for them!

Seriously, my husband has been home with us for most of our marriage. He is slightly opinionated about things around the house that most men never even notice. At times, that can make me edgy to say the least. But, then, the benefits far outweigh the aggravations. He was in the kitchen washing tomatoes with me on Tuesday night and on Wednesday was in and out of the kitchen all day helping me make salsa.

Today, in between helping one of our sons work at a local cemetery, he came in and juiced carrots for me. He is the gardener in the family and all my children have learned about it from him. (I am a wimp and prefer to be in the house.)

We have three sons and because he has always been at home or next door at the church during their lives, they know how to do things that many young men do not know how to do.

They service our lawn mowers, change oil in our various vehicles, help in the wood working shop, and have helped in our remodeling, learning to run electric lines, do plumbing, staining, sanding and finishing wood, etc.

When my husband’s ministry calls him away for more than a few hours, we take turns going with him. When we cannot, he often asks us to NOT do our reading until he returns. He has enjoyed our reading aloud as much as the children.

Our children also spent lots of time at our churches when we lived next door in a parsonage and helped to minister and do maintenance on the church.

I am very blessed to have a stay at home, now, semi-retired husband/pastor. We are enjoying going with him now to various churches.

I am sure your children will learn a great deal about working with the public through answering the business phone and helping their dad in many ways as they grow older.

God bless you,
Ladonna

]]> By: Beth http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3138 Beth Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:12:43 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3138 What an exciting time for your family! I will keep you all in my prayers as you enter this new phase of your life. I can really relate to all the feelings and emotions involved during a transition like what you are about to embark on! We have decided to homeschool our little ones. With the start of a new school year and our decision still fresh, we are dealing with the same questions that you posed. For me change is never easy, even if I know that it is for the good! I just pray that we stay out of the way and open our hearts and minds to hear and know the path that God is choosing for our family. God bless you on your journey! What an exciting time for your family! I will keep you all in my prayers as you enter this new phase of your life.

I can really relate to all the feelings and emotions involved during a transition like what you are about to embark on! We have decided to homeschool our little ones. With the start of a new school year and our decision still fresh, we are dealing with the same questions that you posed.

For me change is never easy, even if I know that it is for the good! I just pray that we stay out of the way and open our hearts and minds to hear and know the path that God is choosing for our family. God bless you on your journey!

]]> By: Allison http://girlreturnshome.com/daddy-is-coming-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 Allison Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:36:39 +0000 http://girlreturnshome.com/?p=2657#comment-3136 Ladonna - Thank you! No secretary. He will be using his old secretary via email for a transition period phasing out in several months. There are lots of attorneys who do all there own document production and just have someone to answer phones, so he will be doing that. But with cell phones, email, call notes, etc. I think his phone won't be a big deal. I believe as our children grow, they will get more involved, helping him and learning and ultimately apprenticing if they are interested. Our almost 12 year old is already chomping at the bit to help. In addition, he has a another lawyer that lives 90 miles away that he outsources about 10 hours of work a week too. Most of that communication is also through email. Barry - Thanks so much. I really appreciate and covet the prayers! Ladonna – Thank you! No secretary. He will be using his old secretary via email for a transition period phasing out in several months. There are lots of attorneys who do all there own document production and just have someone to answer phones, so he will be doing that. But with cell phones, email, call notes, etc. I think his phone won’t be a big deal. I believe as our children grow, they will get more involved, helping him and learning and ultimately apprenticing if they are interested. Our almost 12 year old is already chomping at the bit to help. In addition, he has a another lawyer that lives 90 miles away that he outsources about 10 hours of work a week too. Most of that communication is also through email.

Barry – Thanks so much. I really appreciate and covet the prayers!

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