"Never forget the soul-stirring inspiration you are to your child as a parent
who is carrying a torch for the Lord." - John Croyle
Isn't that quote the basis of what is really significant in life? This is very important for me to remember because sometimes that mommy guilt will creep in and get the best of me. All the sudden I will have a rush of emotions and feel as though I am just not doing enough. Did I play with her enough today? Did I listen to her enough today? Did I teach her enough today?
Last week I came across an inspiring article that really spoke to me - "To Parents of Small Children: Let Me Be The One Who Says It Out Loud". As parents in today's age of technology, we are always bombarded with things and people telling you how to be the "perfect" parent. And let's be honest - we all know that does not exist. The only example of perfection is our heavenly Father and his unconditional love for us. That is why we need him, we need our lives to reflect him. My favorite section of the article is below -
"You're an actual parent with limits. You cannot do it all. We all need to admit that one of the casualties specific to our information saturated culture is that we have sky-scraper standards for parenting, where we feel like we're failing horribly if we feed our children chicken nuggets and we let them watch TV in the morning.
One of the reasons we are so exhausted is that we are oversaturated with information about the kind of parents we should be.
So, maybe it's time to stop reading the blogs that tell you how to raise the next president who knows how to read when she's 3 and who cooks, not only eats, her vegetables. Maybe it's time to embrace being the kind of parent who says sorry when you yell. Who models what it's like to take time for yourself. Who asks God to help you to be a better version of the person that you actually are, not for more strength to be an ideal parent."
Makes sense right? If our children see our torch for Jesus Christ and in the process we show them how to love God and teach about his love for us and the importance of a relationship with him, then we have been successful and nothing else matters!
I just have to brag on my friend for a second! My beautiful and brave friend -
This amazing lady shaved her head yesterday to benefit a local fundraiser that was raising money for our Children's Hospital in support of those with childhood cancer. WOW right?! Pretty amazing woman! I love the pink streak she added for some flavor before having it shaved. When you are getting ready to shave it all off anyways, why not have a little fun with it?!
It should be illegal to look this good with a shaved head!!! So incredibly proud of her and her strength!!!
After cheering on our friend and her family, we enjoyed the rest of the day at the market which of course (shocker!) included one of Sophie's new favorite activites, facepainting!!
By the looks of things - I would say we had a successful day!
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