A precious moment…when one of my students shouted out in class Wednesday night, ‘This class rocks!’. I think it does (grin) but it is always satisfying when a student does.
I am grateful….for a husband that helps me make decisions. Miss Sam was scheduled for the second class in the three part ‘Techno-Pop’ class at one of the local libraries. She did not want to go (code for: I just don’t want to get up early). A thirty minute negotiation argument ensued and just when I was on the brink of giving in, I called my husband for his opinion. ‘She should go. She committed to this program. It is her responsibility to show up.’ That’s why this post is late in being ‘published’. Miss Sam went to the class and it was…in her words…’awesome’. (So is her Dad.)
I laugh…because that is what puppies make you do. I cannot express how much sunshine and joy this new addition to our family has brought into our daily lives. Even Marbles is beginning to fall for her charms.
I remember…how shy I was both as a child and well into my early thirties. I have to remind myself to be cautious in my discernment between what is important for Miss Sam in terms of socialization and what is not. It is important that she learn to step out of her comfort zone so as not to limit the experiences that her interests would engage her in. A great example is the battle that ensued about her going to the Techno-Pop class this morning and the positive results of me not giving in to her fears.
I love…that Miss Sam is comfortable talking with me about a friend that (because of information obtained via a Google search) feared that she had multiple personality disorder. I was able to give Sam an ‘unschooling’ lesson regarding the distinctions between what some consider ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ behavior and the steps necessary to make a clinical diagnosis such as ‘multiple personality disorder’. Now Miss Sam understands that her friend is just a teenager with mood swings (most likely caused by hormonal triggers).
I will celebrate…starting EMDR therapy yesterday.
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Oooo, I should add to my grateful…grateful to not be a teen anymore and grateful that I have several years until my children are!
Wonderful list. Parenting is soooo much easier when you have a supportive partner. Good for him, and good for you and Sam.
Hi there old friend…hope you are doing well.
I’m so thankful that I survived my children’s teen years and that they turned out to be great adults, but I do miss having little ones around.
I really enjoy reading your ‘joyful journal’ – it’s a great reminder to me to sit back and think of the blessings in my life.
hi danielle ~ beautiful list and post. thanks for sharing, kathleen
That’s so great that she can talk to you. I couldn’t talk to my mom. My girls talk to me though – but not always. Sometimes they go to each other.