Selfish.
I am.
Selfish.
Truth. Ouch.
Today it dawned on me after reading my friends tweet.
At the end of the day, if I tallied all my complaining, punishing, and correcting, would it even come close to the amount of times i said I love you, good job, i am proud of you, and you mean the world to me?
Because i am selfish, it is easy to correct behavior that is loud and annoying.
Because i am selfish, i need to remember to act in love.
being a mom is hard work.
ReplyDeletewe tend to blame ourselves when things go wrong.
we tend to blame ourselves when our kids act in ways we disapprove.
but remember dear one, while you make valid points, that we want to show love and act in love, correction of our children is not selfish. correction is for their benefit and out of the love we have for them. if we do not correct them out of love, society will correct them later out of hate. so don't be too hard on yourself. you are an awesome mom!
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ReplyDeleteYes moms are hard on themselves. I was just realizing that with correction needs to come with love also.
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