I spent four days with my little niece who has pneumonia. She is two years old and has a great imagination. I totally enjoyed her imagination as I didn't have to come up with something new for her. She always had something new to pretend. One afternoon she made me ice cream. She was saying big words like strawberry and vanilla. Her 'o-tay' was so addictive that I had to mimic her! While doing a potty break, we where playing with spiders. We were walking mommy spider, baby spider, and daddy spider down the wall, across the floor, up the waste basket, and over to her. We played in the kitchen and colored. She is a talker!
On the last day, I was a bit tired because of getting up early and a 45 minute drive to her house. So having her fall asleep in my arms for her morning nap was very delightful. Another delight was to hear her say 'I like you.' What a beautiful child. It helps too that I can see me in her.
It was also nice to have God show me how to 'parent' and then allow me the workshop to see it work.. We have muddle up parenthood that I had become quite frustrated with the whole thing. I felt with some of the baby-sitting I did as a teen and later with teaching that I just wasn't a leader and plus way to strict for this generation thing.... but these four days have shown me that with God, I can be a good parent...
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