Identity – and Inner Voice

My kids are growing up. They are trying to find who they are and want to be. One is confident and glides through life enjoying it – though is a little dramatic and emotional. One is struggling … with friends … with confidence … with focus … with attitude. Oh, it’s hard. I’ve been so thoughtful about what my role is to help these children along in discovering their true identity – their confidence in knowing who they are as a Child of God. I feel like Elasti-Girl when she tells her children:

It’s so tricky to try and be the mom each child needs – all the time. I usually have 5 little people talking (or crying) to mom at the same time. Oh, how I hope they will be filled with the Spirit when I can’t be exactly what they need right at that moment. I came across this quote again and I hope to keep it in the forefront of my head/heart so that I will use patience and kindness when talking to my kids. I need to choose my words more carefully and remember to always build them up, even when I’m frustrated and at a loss of how to teach them.

This parenting thing is tricky business. I’m most grateful for the still, small voice that helps us know what to do. If only it were quiet enough ’round here to pay more attention to it. Working on that inner stillness!

p.s. had to note that for the first time in oh, like forever, we are having a real quiet time. Meaning, Maxwell is at preschool. Tru is not napping but is upstairs on his bed resting. Eliza is officially zonked. We’ve had the weirdest schedule over the summer and into September. Eliza takes a long nap in the morning and is awake during quiet time and then sleeps again when the kids get home – which has meant no real quiet time for mom. Oh – it’s my breathe of fresh air to regroup and have stillness.