Avian priests indeed!! Turkeys are so majestic. How lucky are you to be able to walk somewhere with birds like that and water like that.
So interesting about the daily ritual with your daughter, urging her to plainly state what she wants, how she can’t do it. How great you were able to take your own advice and show her how it’s done, “how it works.” My mom was always good about making me choose, never letting me say “I don’t care” even when it was something inconsequential. She also did this to my friends who came over to our house and they were sometimes startled and confused, but it was done with humor and kindness so it made it ok. It’s such an important thing to practice.
Yes! And it does take practice! I think...maybe, forever. It's always uncomfortable. It becomes less so, but there's always a little quickening that happens. That is so AMAZING about your mom, and her never letting you off the hook, but doing it kindly and with humor. That is the tricky bit, the kindness and the humor while parenting big pieces. And the water here! And the birds! I know!!! I know!!! I'm so lucky! I spent the past twenty years in a drought region, so I take none of this for granted. xoxo
Avian priests indeed!! Turkeys are so majestic. How lucky are you to be able to walk somewhere with birds like that and water like that.
So interesting about the daily ritual with your daughter, urging her to plainly state what she wants, how she can’t do it. How great you were able to take your own advice and show her how it’s done, “how it works.” My mom was always good about making me choose, never letting me say “I don’t care” even when it was something inconsequential. She also did this to my friends who came over to our house and they were sometimes startled and confused, but it was done with humor and kindness so it made it ok. It’s such an important thing to practice.
Yes! And it does take practice! I think...maybe, forever. It's always uncomfortable. It becomes less so, but there's always a little quickening that happens. That is so AMAZING about your mom, and her never letting you off the hook, but doing it kindly and with humor. That is the tricky bit, the kindness and the humor while parenting big pieces. And the water here! And the birds! I know!!! I know!!! I'm so lucky! I spent the past twenty years in a drought region, so I take none of this for granted. xoxo