I wrote the other day how I want to raise my kids. And how much I want to change and make thngs better. That is the hardest struggle I have. Most days I tell myself everything will be great. I can't wait til they get home. We are going to have a great afternoon. Talking about their day, do homework, chores, read a book together or watch a movie. They come through the door at full speed, ready to tell me about their day. I love this but there are 3 of them. And they all want to talk at once and they yell over each other so the other one is heard. Can you say frustrating? So I tell them one at a time please, so they try. But when the get too impatient they talk over each other again. Then I start getting stressed because we have already gone over this. Next we talk about what chores need to be done. They look at you, you assume all is well. Then they very conventionally "forget." So here we go again, lets takl again about what we are suppose to do chores first, homework, play awhile, dinner and showers. See thats the thing they know all of this from previous days, weeks, months and I still tell them daily. I always say God can tell us 100 times what is right and what we should do. Do we always catch on right away? No of course not. And they are kids so it could possibly take them longer. But when the say things have been said and done for years. Shouldn't they know this by now?
I am in know way blaming this on my kids. They are kids after all. They have tons of energy. They sit at school being quite and not having much physical activity. They want to express that when they get home. It is so over whelming though at times.
It is our responsibilty as parents to mold them and train them to adults in society. We can not drop the ball. I tell my husband "I am afraid I am going to do something wrong and mess them up."
So today I will take deep breathes. I will pray, I will constantly tell myself "This day will be better, this day will be awesome!"
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