Well... How fun is that parenting thing? Not the times when you actually get to play with your kids but the parenting, the teaching of lessons? Sometimes I wonder if I should intentionally wear a wart on my nose because I feel more like an old naggy hag than a mom. Pick up after yourself. Brush your teeth. Brush your hair. Not so close to the tv. It's not very much fun and it seems endless. Day after day, nag after nag, I wonder if anything I'm doing is worth it. Am I teaching my kids anything? Am I influencing their lives positively at all? Will they remember the lessons or only the pestering?
I can't be alone when I wonder these things. You wonder them too, right? I'm not the only insecure parent on the planet. Am I? Well. It happened. And if it happened to me, it can happen to you. One tiny moment of clarity. One itsy bitsy ray of warm sunshine beaming through on a day like... well, a day like today.
I have this chalkboard. It's in the mudroom, near the back door. I constantly have happy little notes on it. I try for thought provoking. I try for pretty. I try for relevant to our lives right now. The other day Devin asked me if she could write on the board. Of course... Since she's all about drawing lately, I expected to see several of her sweet little cartoons. Imagine my surprise....
"Happy is special"
Devin's very own positive note. Not a quote.... In her own words.... a positive thought.
I might nag.
I might yell.
I might be a colossal pain in my kids' sides but....
At least I'm teaching them positive thinking. It's one little victory and I'll take it. Hope you have a victory today too.
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