Okay so it finally happened. My angelic 4 year old little girl said her first really BAD word. It is the c word, which to some is not even considered a bad word anymore, to me as a mother it is not acceptable from my 4 year old daughter's mouth. What upset me most is that when she said it, she said it with a purpose to shock and to defy me, because I had just told her that she was having a bad attitude and if she couldn't say anything nice, not to say anything at all.
I am not even going to delve into how I responded and the tirade that went on for the next 15 minutes. Leave it to say that it was not one of my finer moments.
As with any time that my children disappoint I tend to turn introspective and start asking myself, what am I doing to cultivate peace in my home, to cultivate a good attitude and a gentle spirit? How has my attitude been as of late? I didn't really like my answers. The hardest part about parenting is knowing that these little people are at times the best and the worst reflection of ourselves. And while I am not condoning or excusing her potty mouth this morning, when I pick her up from playschool, I will hug her tightly and pray that God will give me a greater understanding of how to guide this little angel straight from my arms to His!
2 comments:
Hang in there Mom.....this is just the begining of many interesting things to come your way.
Stand firm and love those babies.
Fight for them......because it's a wicked world.
I think you all are doing just fine.
Hey I kept seeing your name on Patty's site and wasn't sure it was you so I hit it today and came here! HA!
I'm glad I did.....I've just been seeing you on FB I didn't know you had a blog too.
Be blessed,
Joyce
HEY Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!How are you guys doing--man i miss seeing you! Anything new???????????? Same here!Boys are good=hopefully we can get together-sad if we have to wait till Grays birhtday in july!!!!!
love ya
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