It’s an amazing blessing when there can be civil dialogue with good results.
My parents weren’t open to discussion.
Only obedience.
I was to obey them until they died. No kidding! They told me that when I was in my thirties or so.
Lol!
Things were tough. I even had to walk to school uphill and then uphill back home, in the snow, barefoot, in Texas.
Well, I got to exaggerating a little bit there at the end.
:-D
But, seriously, you’re right, Judy!
When we can reason things out without excessive emotion things go so much more smoothly!
Kudos to your family.
Lol thank you for your kindness, pax.
Now you get the treat of one of my sermons, next post lol.
Feel free to scroll by it - I wouldn’t blame you one bit.
There was little dialogue in my home as well.
Thankfully I became a believer before my kids were born, and I tried to keep the lines of communication open and fair, even though it was tough at times.
Today I am thankful every morning I wake up that we all have a very good, very honest, open, kind and fun relationship. Even the two in-laws are a treasure and delight.
It does, however, require some pride swallowing and listening on all our parts. And prayer.