Dearest and most precious Bethany,
I sincerely hope that the rest of the day and week go better... do not get discouraged, you ARE doing the right thing. Little boys (and girls) pee (or poop.. Mary at the mall) their pants and run around naked (Emilee) and write sloppy (Mary Faith STILL) and have trouble reading (Kelsey) and break bones (Emilee again)and get lost (Mary again) and yell at their sibling (probably all of you at one time or another). BUT you are doing the right thing and it is wonderful and they grow up really quickly and leave the house and then you are alone and reading for a few days is nice then you want to hear all the noise and laughter and you get sad and decide to just go and visit the grandkids so you can experience all that you get tired of right now.. again...I LOVE YOU MOM!
I sincerely hope that the rest of the day and week go better... do not get discouraged, you ARE doing the right thing. Little boys (and girls) pee (or poop.. Mary at the mall) their pants and run around naked (Emilee) and write sloppy (Mary Faith STILL) and have trouble reading (Kelsey) and break bones (Emilee again)and get lost (Mary again) and yell at their sibling (probably all of you at one time or another). BUT you are doing the right thing and it is wonderful and they grow up really quickly and leave the house and then you are alone and reading for a few days is nice then you want to hear all the noise and laughter and you get sad and decide to just go and visit the grandkids so you can experience all that you get tired of right now.. again...I LOVE YOU MOM!
It makes me appreciate my life, RIGHT NOW, EXACTLY how it is... because time WILL keep moving forward.
4 comments:
that is awesome!
Mom...My hand writing isn't that sloppy. Kelli said she liked my hand writing so there...hahaha I do love what mom wrote though...I hope to get the same encouragement when I have kids =)
That was a very sweet, encouraging letter that your mom wrote for you!
Aww, I love your mom! We had "one of those weeks" last week with the homeschooling, and I'm praying it was just "one of those weeks" and not a pattern Aaric's planning to get used to! I LOVE reading encouraging notes from the homeschooling Mamas who have grown kids now. They are so good at seeing the big picture, rather than the little things that drive us crazy from day to day. (And Mamas in general, but in this case, specifically, homeschooling ones.)
My issue lately is with math memorization. I can deal with 1st grader handwriting, but not an 8 yr old having to think for 10 minutes to decide what 5+2 is!
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