Parenting
I have noticed a big change in my parenting style lately. I simply don’t care! What I mean is, that I don’t care what others do, I don’t care what others think, I just don’t care. I was placing WAY too much importance on what others thought. I am not raising my kid to be perfect, I’m raising him because I love him. It seems that so much of my thinking was around his behavior. I placed way too much importance on my child’s reputation rather than his soul. I got so bogged down with books, Google this, blog that…I wasn’t relying on my own intuition. For the longest time I didn’t think I had any intuition. “Parenting does not come natural to me”, I would say. How wrong I was. It’s the most natural thing in the world. I was the one causing it to be unnatural.
I love being a mom, more now than ever!
That looks like a fantastic day. I mean, any day that involves an ice cream cone? Perfect!
Comment by Nicole — June 23, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
And you are a GREAT mom and have one of the most awesome kids I know!! My family is still talking about him
Comment by Amber — June 23, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
Ah, what a great feeling (and one that only comes with time)! Only now, almost 6 years and 3 kids later do I kinda know what I’m doing and am starting to feel the way you do. I think.
Comment by christina! Now — June 24, 2008 @ 9:57 am
That sounds like a good place to be. I hope I get there someday.
Comment by Meg — June 25, 2008 @ 9:18 am
Christy,
I love that you wrote these thoughts down; I have struggled with this as well. As mothers, it is hard enough to meet our own expectations, but then on top of that it’s so easy to fall into the trap of feeling like we need to do what everyone else says we are supposed to do as well. It is exhausting! I have come to believe that my number one job as mommy is not to learn/practice what the “experts” or even well-meaning friends say, but simply to know MY child – to know what motivates and encourages her and use that to point her to Christ. Your precious little boy is unique, and certainly Jesus has uniquely gifted you to mother him.
Comment by Monique — June 25, 2008 @ 9:15 pm
I love that face. And you are a great mother, Christy. I can’t say it any plainer than that.
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Mini-Tanker.
LOL!!
Love ya-
Jp
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