Thornton Mom

I am just amazed at how the Lord works.  He really is amazing.  Today I took Elizabeth shopping for clothes and then to the doctor for a physical and to get her ears pierced.  She had received money for her birthday and couldn't wait to spend it.  I asked her if she was going to pay tithing on the money that she had and she was not happy about that.  She got very defensive.  I then remembered what my Grandfather said in his journal.  That we need to listen to our kids more than lecture them and they will turn out all right.  So I stopped talking and in a few minutes she handed me the tithing money.  We shopped, went out to lunch at Char-Grill, a hamburger joint she really likes, then on to the doctor's.  She was nervous but did a great job.  We even ran into some trouble with the second ear but after lots of hand squeezing everything was okay.  When she got in the car she screemed, "I HAVE PIERCED EARS!!!!"  On ...