Me: Ella, come here right now.
Ella: What, mom?
Me: I told you not to play with the hose. What were you just doing?
Ella: But I was just making a river!
Me: Ella, that's not okay and I told you that you weren't allowed to play with the hose.
Ella: Just mommies and daddies can?
Me: Yes. That makes me upset with you.
Ella: Okay, (reaching over to hug me) I forgive you, mom.
I'm sure glad that I have instilled the importance of forgiveness in my children. Discernment, on the other hand...
3 comments:
I just had a quick comment about working moms. Yes, some mothers work outside the home to support their family...some out of selfish monetary greed....yet, some women are absolutely passionate about what they do. Kind of like when you volunteer. I am sure you are passionate about that. So, I believe there can be a balance of having children and working part time in a job a mother is passionate about. I believe it is a beautiful modeling tool. Just a thought??
Good thought, anonymous blogger! I don't really know where I stand on it. I know that if my dentist didn't LOVE what she did for a living, I wouldn't have one! So, I for one, am glad that she does and that she can juggle beautifully. I also know that she doesn't do it for the money, which further illustrates my point about the greed involved in ONLY being intereresting in the double income and THAT being rather sinful. Eh?
I guess, on this topic, there really is a whole lot of grey area.
My 6 year old often "forgives" me too.
I think being passionate about work outside the home (for pay or for free) is a good thing, as long as the priority of the family is not undermined. There has to be an appropriate balance between serving the world and serving our family. The world will always be there...or children will not.
Some suffering of the family will occur whenever a member of the family is absent. Unfortunately, daddy has to go to work so we can eat dinner and have a roof over our heads, I tell my kids all the time. Kids learn to serve the world by watching their parents serve the world.
I used to volunteer outside the home much more than I do now. Once my husband was deployed, I severely curtailed how often I volunteered. The kids were already suffering enough with no dad around. No matter how good I was at what I did, it was not fair to them to have me be absent too.
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