Tag Archives: grandchildren

Holiday Plans

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Even the days that start earlier than we expected can be good days. Hope this one is full of goodness for you! Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged children, cider, Gage Reed, grandchildren, holiday traditions, Hunter Reed, meals, reunions, Thanksgiving, visits | 2 Comments

Driving Back from Little Rock

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Doc Arnett

watching my son
and my daughter-in-law
holding their newborn daughter

is somehow as precious to me
as holding her myself Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged driving, grandbaby, grandchildren, newborn, Ozarks, visiting family | Comments Off

“You ready to go home or do you want to fish a little while longer?” I asked Hunter, our thirteen-year-old grandson. The sun had gone down about a half-hour earlier and dusk was beginning to settle into the evening. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged bass fishing, Christian devotions, fishing, grandchildren, healing, hooks, removing a hook, removing a treble hook, sin, temptation | Comments Off

Finders, Keepers

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Doc Arnett

So, Gramma Randa being the imaginative woman she is and Hunter being over at our place yesterday, she suggested I take Hunter fishing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Atchison State Fishing Lake, bass, bluegill, Christian devotions, family, fishing, God, grandchildren, grandkids, grandsons, spiritual insight, summer | Comments Off

Battle at Randolph Creek

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I guess it might be a bit presumptuous to say the Lord was thinking of little boys when He made creeks. I think it would be fair, though, to say that there’s little else like a creek when it comes to entertaining a boy. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Blair, Blair Kansas, creek, Doniphan County, grandchildren, grandparents, growing up, having fun, kids, mud fight, Randolph Creek, summer, summer fun | Comments Off

Of Toads and Timbers

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is in the careful blending of work and play that boys become healthy men. And the men who can still be boys at the right time just might become the kind of Granpa’s that boys want to visit again. Even when they’re old. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged deck building, grandchildren, grandpa, grandparents, grandsons, pancakes, play, remote control toys, toads, work | 1 Comment

The Morning After

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Doc Arnett

My son, Sam, sits on the big recliner in the corner of the living room, holding Levi. He is the youngest of three, not yet three months old. His lips curl open, a ready smile in response to a gentle finger nudging his throat or cheeks. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged air filters, family love, grandchildren, sunset, travel, visiting | Comments Off

Solo Vacation

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Regardless of equine and feline concerns, I’m excited about the trip, looking forward to the visits, even though I will miss my wife. It is a particular blessing, too, to know that neither of us will dread my coming home.

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Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged children, fishing, flying, grandchildren, mountains, nature, visiting | Comments Off

Rite of Passage

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Doc Arnett

we have largely lost the rite of passage that marks moving from child to man. In this age of indulgence and every kid with a cell phone by age nine, we have blurred the line that used to signal adulthood. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adolescence, adulthood, grandchildren, grandparents, privilege, rite of passage, teenage, thirteenth birthday | Comments Off

Precious Memories

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I doubt that we have any notion at all of how many times we have been lifted up in his arms, how often he has tenderly closed his eyes and drawn us close, delighting in the closeness and aching for the day when we will see him as he is. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Resurrection/Return, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged close to God, God as father, grandchildren, grandparents, parenting, resurrection, reunion | Comments Off