Ok so........ everyone wants their kids to be brilliant and perfect and wonderful. Truthfully though, everyone wants success and what is best for their children. I have been struggling with this as I have 2 beautiful girls in elementary school this year. I have truly seen how different they are in the way they handle homework and different concepts in school. One of them faces it head on and chooses to practice until she is more comfy with the task at hand. While the other chooses to hide under her bed... literally! Last week as we worked on her extremely long memory verse- I looked up to find that I was crying, she was crying, and I had ruined her "at home" time by pushing her so hard.
I have really taken this all to heart over the past few days. I have decided to look at things from a different standpoint. I am going to keep working with her- but I will not push until I have stolen the joy from her carefree little spirit that day. She is beautiful, smart, the most generous child ever, she is funny, and she has a way of relating to anyone or anything from caterpillar to older adults. I could never ask God to bless her with any qualities more wonderful than those! So Good Luck little doll with the memory verses and other pressures-- I will HELP and GUIDE but, you will not be bullied any longer by your #1 fan- Mom!
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