Good Morning

Hello Ladies,

I am so stressed this morning with my four year old, I could scream. She is not obeying the first time and on Monday mornings (just this one morning a week - while she is home) I update the ministry website and the BLOG.

This morning she is being extremely difficult. She wants all my attention. She doesn't like playing alone anyway - I explained this is like my work, so one morning a week I will be on the computer and not at her beck and call. She is driving me crazy! She wants this, she wants that. She had the nerve to tell me this morning that I never take care of her. I almost flipped.

We have had company this weekend and usually when my girls are starved for my attention it is because they haven't had my attention in a few days. It takes them about three or four days of no alone mommy time to get this way.

So, I told her that in five minutes I would give her 10 minutes of total mommy time. She wanted to go outside on our lani and sit on the love chair (that's what my girls call our chase lounge). So we went and I hugged her and kissed her and let her talk (non-stop) for 15 minutes. She is off playing in a room with the door closed, singing and happy as can be.

I am in here typing the BLOG for this week. The moral of my story is two things...

1. Our children must fit into our lives, not us into theirs
   
2. We must make sure we are meeting our commitments as parents before work

So, by filling my four year old with hugs and kisses for 15 minutes, I can help her to fit into my morning schedule of commitments....

PRAISE God for loving us in our unlovable moments. Me and my four year old!!!!

Sandra