I'm aware more and more how much she learns from me, and how careful I must be not to teach her bad things (tossing an orange to Michael), bad attitudes (impatience, selfishness, crossness), bad habits (laziness in tidying up, ignoring someone who wants attention, interrupting, leaving something unfinished).... being mommy really wakes me up to all the "bad" still comfortably resident in me.
But there is also the times of profound complete trust to balance the exposure of all the bad.
My goodness! I've thought you had your hands full before. And you say it's getting to be more than before? But I completely agree with your thoughts on motherhood.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness! I've thought you had your hands full before. And you say it's getting to be more than before? But I completely agree with your thoughts on motherhood.
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