ROOKE: Raise Your Children With True Love
Welcome back to Good Life, a newsletter about navigating our modern culture and staying sane in the process. This week, I discuss how to raise your children with true love.
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Our little school community was rocked with terrible news right before Christmas. A child from one of our families was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. It’s been incredible to witness the family handle the devastation with peace and grace. Not one of their other children has missed an event or practice during this time. They’ve done a fantastic job of straddling the opposing worlds of hospital stays and surgeries with basketball games and Christmas parties.
As a community, we are trying our best to support them in any way they need. The family has rides for their children, a meal train, and help with finishing off the Christmas shopping. The way your community steps up in your time of need is so important. And we want to help bring peace to a scary and chaotic time in their lives.
Still, the most inspiring part of this awful ordeal has been watching their oldest daughter rise to the occasion. She is a beautiful representation of their family. She is two years older than my daughter, but they both play on the Varsity basketball team together.
I remember the day her brother went into surgery, her parents wanted her to play in the game that night. I assume it was to keep her in her regular routine. During warm-ups, her face told two stories. On the........

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