Families are like fudge——-mostly sweet with a few nuts. This was a funny saying that I wanted to share with you.
Well, we have covered our own personal personality, our friends’ personalities, our spouse’s personality and now what about adding to our household with other little people. When you bring those little people home from the hospital there is no manual that they give you. Every child is different and has their own unique, God given personalities. I love that God blessed Kirk and I with two wonderful, unique children. They are truly God’s gift to us! It truly keeps our life adventurous and exciting! I have shared in my blog about experiences with my children. Some might ask, why do I share those experiences with others? Well, some people need to hear that they are not the only ones experiencing those things and if I can help someone from making stupid mistakes that I have made then I want to help.
As we watch our children grow, each season of their life is a learning experience. I loved when my children were babies, those moments of just holding them in my arms was priceless. We didn’t have to chase them and they couldn’t talk back. But I also loved the terrific toddler stage too. This is when you begin to see their personality a little more and they are exploring even more. Then they began school. Let me just share that on the first day that Bradley went to school I was a basket case. I cried all day, thinking this was my first child’s first day and he is growing up. Then Lauren went to school and Kirk took the day off to be with me on her first day. I cried all day then too, knowing this was our baby girl….our last child that we were sending to school and they were growing up so fast. Now Bradley will be a teenager in two months and is now in Middle School and Lauren is in 5th grade and will be in Middle School very soon. I realize they are growing and there is absolutely nothing I can do but enjoy each season and stage of their life. I love this stage as much as I did when they were babies, toddlers and just beginning school. Through the years I have watched them grow and can truly say that because their personalities are different I could not react the same way to certain situations because they were two different people, with different personalities. Both our children have strong, outgoing personalities but they are both different. Lauren loves to be on the stage in front of people. Bradley would rather hang out with everybody but not on stage. They both love to talk and tell stories but are very different in telling a story.
As parents it is important that we realize our children’s personality is not the same and be sensitive to how God has made them. And be very careful not to compare your children to other children especially their siblings. Once you know what type of personality your child has then it will help you raise your child as they grow. A book that I have already mentioned in a recent blog is “Personality Plus for Parents” by Florence Littauer. This book was so interesting to Kirk and I. Lauren was about 4 years old and Bradley was about 6 years old when we got this book to discover their personalities. It was amazing how they showed each stage of life and what to expect during those ages. So far the book has been right on target.
I know some of you reading my blog have already been through these stages of LIFE with your children. If so, be an encouragement to others walking through it. I look forward to the next stage of my children’s life. I am a mom walking through life still learning from my mistakes as I go, doing the best I can for my family, making memories to cherish and making the best of every moment. Although I know my kids will be driving soon, High School is coming, dating is ahead, they will get married one day and I will have grandkids to enjoy…..I still have so much of LIFE to look forward to. I’m not rushing it, at all, I’m just taking it a day at a time! I am truly a blessed woman!
* When I started my blog I began from when Kirk and I got married and told the story of how God has brought us to where we are. If you go back to the beginning of my blog you will see how God’s hand has guided us through good and bad times. I also share in my blog how God brought my family through my battle with breast cancer. To God be the Glory!
SCRIPTURE:
Proverbs 22:6
Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.
It was such a blessing to meet you and your family. I know that my Mekenzie and Lauren have really connected. We are just continuing for the will of God to be done in your family and in our church family. What you and Kirk shared Wednesday night was great. I don’t know if you were nervous. You seemed right at ease and at home. Thank you for being open and sharing a little about your struggle with Breast Cancer. I can’t wait to hear the whole story and how God healed you and what He did in that process. I know that will minister to a lot of women in our congregation.
Blessings,
Heather