Here's the article I wrote for my monthly MOPS newsletter. If you are interested in reading the whole newsletter it and many other things can be found at the Ellensburg MOPS website.
"I have three boys. Three chances for perfect little carbon
copies I can shape and mold any way I like. Except each child is unique and
there is nothing I can do about it!
I have one child who saw all of his school pictures lines up
from the last few years and said, “Oh it’s so cute, I almost want to cry!” I
have one child that can sit and stare at a tv screen for hours (if I were to
actually allow that sort of thing, right?) with his tongue hanging out but
can’t stop running around long enough to color in a picture. I also have
another child who loves carrying around different tools of sorts, a wooden
spoon, a Swiffer or this week, screwdrivers, wherever he goes.
Each of my boys live in the same house, they even sleep in
the same room, they eat the same food, they all share the same toys, but they
are so different from each other. God has called each of our children to be
uniquely themselves and we as mothers have to do our best to meet the needs of
each individual child. What works with one kid won’t work with another so as a
mom we have to keep evolving and trying to nurture our kids in whatever way is
best for them. And sometimes we have to just let them take a nap with a screwdriver."
You're such a good mom. :)
ReplyDelete