Friday, January 8, 2010

Character Counts

Our job as parents is to raise these two gifts we've been given into godly sons, brothers, friends, workers, husbands, and fathers. We start by teaching them about integrity--my husband is always telling the boys, "integrity is doing the right thing even when no one's looking.." Our oldest won an award today at school called Character Counts. I looked up "character" in the dictionary and found the following:






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6 comments:

  1. CourtneyJanuary 8, 2010 at 11:52 PM

    Way to go!!!! You must be so proud :O)

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  2. LaurieJanuary 9, 2010 at 11:07 AM

    Yay! What a wonderful reward! I'm sure you are one proud momma!

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  3. allisonJanuary 9, 2010 at 5:57 PM

    Character does count and so many forget that, Congrats to you son for the award and for you for the hard work behind it.

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  4. wenderfulJanuary 9, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    What a great example your husband is to your son. We have this plaque on our fireplace that says, "It is not our abilities that show who we truly are, it is our choices." Your post reminded me of this. Congratulations to your son. :)

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  5. merydwenJanuary 9, 2010 at 10:12 PM

    Thanks! Very proud! Whata great quote, Wendy!

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  6. JennJanuary 10, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    Yay Ethan...so proud of you!

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