(Cinco de Mayo - Mexican Independence day. PR.)

I learned how to make money from my dad;
I learned how to save money from my mom;
and as a family we share the treasures we have with each other.

I learned how to work hard from my dad;
I learned how to take it easy from my mom;
and as a family we love life: in the easy & the hard times.

I learned how to trust God from my dad;
I learned how to pray to God from my mom;
and as a family we watched the Lord hear us as we called on His name.

I learned that God created the world for us to study & enjoy from my dad;
I learned that God revealed the Bible for us to study & enjoy from my mom;
and as a family we watched the seasons change from spring to summer to fall to snow-white winter & we memorized Scripture after Scripture.

I learned be faithful from my dad;
I learned to grateful from my mom;
and as a family we worshipped in the Lord's House.

I learned that discipline means you are loved from my dad;
I learned that generosity is how you love from my mom;
and as a family we inherit the blessings of our Father.

I learned to see that God is good from my dad;
I learned to taste His goodness from my mom;
and as a family we feasted at the Lord's table.

I saw the footsteps of Jesus in my dad's life;
I saw the handprint of the Lord in my mother's;
& the Holy Spirit led us forward as a family.

I studied the growing humility of the Lord in our dad's way of life;
I observed the steady honor of the Lord in our mom's way of life;
and as a family we hosted the Lord in our homes when the poor, the confused, the rejected, and those of us kids who tended to stray were given shelter.

These are my thoughts for Mother's Day & Father's Day.
If you treasure them, share them.