I'm sitting at the computer...listening to my boys fight with each other because the two-year-old wants to do everything the four-year-old is doing and the four-year-old wants him to do anything else.
I am debating intervening, but instead I sit here...
Grateful...
grateful for the life and breath that is in them...
grateful that they each have a voice...
grateful that they both know what they want even when their desires are in conflict...
grateful simply to have them, to know them, to love them...
grateful they are alive.
About Me
- Jill
- I am a mother and minister who can't help but ask questions about how our faith and parenting intersect with each other...in ways we realize and in many, many ways we might never think about. I also can't help but believe that we parents are the clearest glimpse of God our children have in their early lives. As overwhelming as that may be, I want to work each day to be ever more faithful to the task.
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1 comment:
Were you at my house? Sounds familiar to me. There have been times when I get discouraged by their behaviors. Sometimes I just step back and realize the blessing that they are in my life and in each others' lives, even when they are such a challenge. Unfortunately, I don't think about that often enough when they are that way. It's easier to think of that when they are being sweet and loving. :) Thanks for the reminder, Jill!
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