granola momma

Today we hosted a play date with a very sweet little girl. Throughout the play time I learned alot about myself. I found myself realizing things that I value and hold as a must in my daughters life.

I must have things clean and organized. I have struggled with this my whole life. I will never forget a dear friend in high school come over and shovel out my room (she is a saint for remaining my friend after that day/week). I am not perfect in this area, quite the contrary. Yet I have found I feel great relaxation and calm when everything is neat and tidy. And I am attracted to people that have a gift for tidiness (aka my hubby).

I also greatly value gratitude. I today found myself ruffled by the bluntness (not rudeness) of this little girl. I think that any sentence or request can be soften by a kind tone or polite phrase. I did not understand why I am so hard on my daughter about tone and politeness until today. "A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down!!" (insert tune)

Last and most surprising to me. When a year ago we decided to make a lifestyle change when it can to our health I did not see today happening. Today I felt like a granola eating, free loving, hippie mom. The little girl would not eat any of my food because it was whole grain bread, homemade mac & cheese, and weird looking carrots (she actually said "what are these?", I said, "they are fresh cut carrots"...She said "I don't eat those kind of carrots") I had no junk food to serve, no boxes to open, and felt like wow, I guess I must have really changed my lifestyle. I actually do value fresh healthy food for me and my family . Now to get those last couple lbs off and the change will be complete LOL!!!

I am striving to be better and have a long way to go. Thank you Lord for the patience with myself to make the changes I need and the wisdom to see what changes I have not yet embraced!



I first am going to say the little girl is a great girl and I did not realize all the things I am going to say because she did not do them