Emma posed for her Daddy this morning who needed an updated picture to take with him to work. He calls us his three chicks, which always needs a bit of an explanation to customers who end up sighing "Aw, how cute!!" (grin)Andy loves to joke that our house is chalk full of estrogen. :)
Emma has had a rough week. She has a very tender heart, and yet is working through many, many fears. She seems to be very nervous around older kids (and parting with us period) and yet she'll leave our side to stay in the nursery with Liv. It's very odd because Emma is very smart, very aware....Almost too aware. I think she calculates everything out and isn't satisfied with the risks! Well anyway, it leads to a lot of frustration on her part as we decide when to push her and when to allow her more time, which produces in her attitudes we have to work through and stay on top of. I know she desires to please us and the Lord, she fully understands that when she obeys us, she's doing what God would have her do....but sometimes I get weary of feeling like the "correction captain".
After lunch time, and after a particularly discipline-filled morning, Emma came to me for a hug and said through tears "Mom, it's been a rough day." My feelings exactly.
Times like these, I'm glad I'm a stay at home mom. As much as I want my 3 1/2 yr old to be polite, well mannered, kind and generous, I want her more to know that I treasure her with all the love in my heart just as I do Livy, and that they are my passion to teach and admonish to become young women of God.
1 comment:
Nellie,
I enjoy your writings so much. I am sure that some day this will make a great book which will encourage other young parents.
Keep it up.
Grandpa Dan
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