Category: Parenting
This Is The Law: Always Be Happy
My 7 year old Juliet had this little surprise gift for me yesterday: If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?… Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of [...]
The real to-do list
You’ve seen those lists reminding you to sing, hope, laugh, smile to strangers, love — and yes indeed, as a friend on Facebook reminded me, the list should start with love. And yet, how often do we take the time to do the good work? Why, because we seem to convince ourselves somehow that it is [...]
Sofia’s question and the gift of the Fast
As Juliet was eating her breakfast this morning, her sweet sister Sofia asked me “Am a Baha’i or am I a Christian or what am I?”. The gift of the Fast is that I have been feeling so serene and spiritually nurtured that while the presence of a variation of such a question only a [...]
Reunion of hearts
My home is the home of peace. My home is the home of joy and delight. My home is the home of laughter and exultation. Whosoever enters through the portals of this home, must go out with gladsome heart. This is the home of light; whosoever enters here must become illumined…. (Abdu’l-Baha) What a joyous [...]
Need ideas for children class arts and crafts project on Justice
I’ve posted often here, sharing ideas and experiences, and now it dawned on me that I should be able to post a question and see if anyone would offer an idea… I need to prepare for a children’s class (3 to 7 year old kids) on Justice. I need ideas for arts and crafts project [...]
The beginning of all things
The beginning of all things indeed starts with the knowledge that God is always with us, and with the recognition that every moment is perfect for honoring Him and all of us, His creation.
Choosing peace
In the past year and a half, I have been in a state of prolonged brutal war which aims to establish my independence as a caring, loving father to my dear little girls. Every war is paradoxical, for it is a war between family members — whether former family members or long separated cousins like [...]
The Real Father’s Day
Unto every father hath been enjoined the instruction of his son and daughter in the art of reading and writing and in all that hath been laid down in the Holy Tablet. (Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 37) Today my little Juliet turned 5! Today, I walked up the hill holding her little hand on the [...]
For everything there is a sign
Tonight on my way to Tae Kwon Do practice I got a call from my 6 year old daughter asking me a simple yet profound question about love. The conversation was deep, touching, heart rendering. I felt so grateful that my dear Sofia was calling me to ask my side of the story on such [...]
International Day of Children
I miss the excitement of the International Day of Children as it was widely celebrated back in Bulgaria. Here the majority of people are not even aware of it. Symbolically, even the email card my brother sent me, congratulating my little ones with the 1st of June holiday, was caught in my spam inbox. The [...]