I think this is maybe my first actual week linking with our new lovely hostess, Kate. If not, well, then I wrote more recently than I remember.
New hostess, but same great rules.
1. Write 5 minutes on the prompt. Don't edit. Just pour out whatever you have for 5 minutes.
2. Link up with all the rest of us over here in Kate's yard.
3. **The ONE UNBREAKABLE RULE** visit the one who posted before you and leave a little encouragement. That's how we all get through our days.
This week: WHISPER
Ha! funny. Whisper. This is what I said to myself ALL NIGHT. well, for the 45 minutes that my 9yo decided to tell me she didn't want to snuggle with me ever again and she was running away to Paris - to eat chocolate and ice cream and NOT SHARE. She did not whisper. But I did. I just kept repeating the same message. I love you and you still need to go to bed. And she yelled and yelled. And I just whispered the same. She could hear me. She stopped. She listened. She hollered some more.
And then, eventually she gave up. The whisper of love from mom, no matter what she tried to do to derail me, was the same. Thank you Lord for grace to have held my tongue tonight. And then after she gave up. Fell asleep in an exhausted heap .. she rolled over. Realized she wasn't in bed. She crept carefully out of her bedroom, came to find me.
"Mama? I am sorry. It was a tough night. I know I said not to snuggle me in the morning. But will you? Please?"
and I whispered yes, and gave her a hug. And all is well in my house.
Sweet dreams.
I keep telling myself the SAME THING!!! Just whisper, just whisper.....some days it works. Some days I just save my voice. :) {hugs} to another mamma in the trenches!
ReplyDeletefor sure some days it works better than others. It's all a process, right? One more step on the journey. {hugs} to you, too!
DeleteI love this! Those moments when I manage a whisper when I want a yell...those are the moments I feel God so close. Happy snuggling tomorrow morning!
ReplyDeleteAw, how sweet! So glad the drama time is over, and loving time can take over again. :) Mama whispers can melt the anger away in amazing ways!
ReplyDeleteI love how whispers work louder than loud words. I'm so glad your prayers carried you through the difficult moment!
ReplyDeleteSo many times I should have prayed to whisper but I didn't. I am thankful that He restored all that the locust (or moms yells) have eaten.
ReplyDeleteGood job Mama, and isn't it every girls dream to run away to Paris and eat chocolate and ice cream? :)
ReplyDeleteoh dear sweet friend...I'm glad that there was a question 'will you please snuggle me in the morning mom'...after a trying evening of striving to just repeat the truth into her heart and her ears. Love you Jen!
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