I patted the cover of my pink, soft prayer journal. It was new, fresh, and best of all – there were blank pages to fill. I sunk down in on the comfy couch where I do my morning devotions. A quiet place I love to sip a warm mug of coffee and watch the sun spill onto my propped up feet.
“Mom!!!!!” “Mom!!!!!!!!!!” “Where are you?”
I let out a defeated sigh. “There goes my time,” I mumbled to myself.
One of my children came in and asked me what I was doing. Then she begged me for my shiny new journal I was craving to write out my thoughts in.
For a moment, I thought of all the reasons why I should tell her no!
Can’t a Mom keep anything for herself?
Why do you always take everything from Mommy?
Goodness, don’t you have a dozen notebooks up in your room already?
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Hi Traci, just stumbled upon your blog via Shopkins. Something you said, “be louder than the media” really resonated with me. What a powerful and true statement. We really need to teach our children true values. Another thing you wrote was teaching your children to really “see” someone. When my granddaughter was born, I would often say to her “I see you” ( as I had said to my children when they were young). My daughter asked me why I said that. I see you means I love you, so it is important to teach children to “see”. Thank you for this post. I guess I really needed this today. God is good.