Children

Kids Talk about Love & Marriage

by pfitz
Kids’ answers to questions on love and marriage: HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED? HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON? WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? WHAT WOULD YOU ... Read More

Birthday Tradition

by pfitz
A boy from Duluth, Minnesota named Lars had heard stories of an amazing family tradition. It seem that his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had all been able to walk on water on their 21st birthdays, to the boat club across the lake for their first legal drink. So when Lars’ 21st came around, he and ... Read More

Baby Power

by pfitz
Hello, my name is Quinn, and I’m nine months old. This is powerful advice for all you babies out there. Parents, please leave now, or you will be punished. Okay, now that the minions are gone, let’s get down to business. Do you feel like you have no control over your life? Do your mommy ... Read More

The Three Pigs

by pfitz
One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, “And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full ... Read More

Strawberries

by pfitz
A farmer was driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. A child playing in front of his house saw him and called, “What are you hauling?” “Fertilizer,” the farmer replied. “What are you going to do with it?” asked the child. “Put it on strawberries,” answered the farmer. “You ought to live here,” ... Read More

Family Bible

by pfitz
A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, looking at the old pages as he turned them. Then something fell out, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in between the pages. “Momma, look what I ... Read More

Strictly Business

by pfitz
One night a Suzanne found her husband standing over their baby’scrib. Silently she watched him. As he stood looking down at thesleeping infant, she saw on his face a mixture of emotions:disbelief, doubt, delight, amazement, wonder, enchantment, concern… Touched by this unusual display and the deep emotions it aroused,with eyes glistening she slipped her arm ... Read More

Children & Prayer

by pfitz
One Sunday in a Midwest city a young child was “acting up” during the morning worship hour. The parents did their best to maintain some sense of order in the pew but were losing the battle. Finally the father picked the little fellow up and walked sternly up the aisle on his way out. Just ... Read More

White Hair

by pfitz
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out, in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, “Mommy, why are some of your hairs white?” Her ... Read More

Lipstick Prints

by pfitz
A principal of a small middle school had a problem with a few of theolder girls starting to use lipstick. When putting it on in theladies room they would then press their lips to the mirror and leavelip prints. Before it got out of hand he thought of a way to stop it. He gatheredall ... Read More