Today my child looked at me and whined. “Moooommmm!”
I took a breath and a moment of silence to control my temper and here is my response (in a very whiney tone, of course)(how does one spell whine anyway?).
“You know, I want to whine too. Moooommmm, someone hurt me! Moooommmm, why do I have to forgive? Moooommmm, why do I have to share my toys and my time? Moooommmm, I don’t want to clean up this mess! Moooommmm, I don’t like this! Moooommmm, I want this to be different! Moooommmm, It’s not fair!”
Now, take out the Moooommmm’s and put in “God!” and you have a pretty good synopsis of what I feel like this morning.
Then the clincher. I looked at my child, took a deep breath and said with all the sarcasm I could muster, “But I am a responsible adult and I will not whine.”
I wonder if God thinks I’m doing o.k. at that ‘adult’ thing.
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So true! We try to teach our kids to say, “Yes Mom”, and not “But Mooommm”!
Humm, how good are we at that? Thanks for the reminder Liisa! Have a great day!
I think my responsible adult license needs to be revoked, too. Thanks for the reminder.
Oh, it’s so hard to behave like an adult sometimes. Bless you as you face those daily reminders — that aren’t easy to answer.
Keep looking UP! Love, Gram E.