Lesson from a 7-year-old girl
My bedtime routine with my daughter consists of (after the dreaded brushing of teeth) usually reading a book or magazine (We love Disney Princess) and then sometimes I’ll lie down with her for 15-20 minutes until she falls asleep. This seems to be lately when she is a little chatterbox. In my mind I’m screaming “Will you PLEASE go to sleep already?” a lot of the time, but at the same time I enjoy those moments of motherhood. I listen. I pay attention. I learn about my daughter. I try to grow that bond so that she’ll know she can always come and talk to me, especially later when she’s a dreaded teenager and feels that I don’t understand her. Oh Lord, I am not looking forward to that!
But the moral of this story is 3-4 days ago we were lying there in bed at the end of the day. She was talking. I was listening. And I must have been saying something about being busy or having a lot of things to do or something, I can’t remember, and Summer said to me, “Mom. Calm down. Here, do this.” And she showed me the usual “meditation” pose of sitting “Indian” style, ya know, with your hands in front of you and index finger and thumb making a circle? Except we were doing it lying down, so I bet that was a funny picture. Anyway, she says, “Do this. Feel the quietness inside your soul.” WHAT? She’s 7 years old!! I think I need to do that more often. What about you?
This layout is from April 1. We were out in our front yard playing around, I look over and see this. Apparently she learned this pose from T.V. The kid amazes me.
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Amazing isn’t it! You will never stop being amazed at what they learn and how they grow!
I love the photo that you took! It looks awesome on your layout!!
Oh hun…I know sometimes you may feel hurried when you guys lay down and have that quiet time bfore your DD goes to sleep, but treasure it!! Really treasure it. I used to do that with my youngest DS (who is now 22 *sob) and oh how I miss those days!!! Sometimes I wish I could turn back time and have a couple of those nights back. I love what she said to you! *L* Out of the mouths of babes…you never know what they will come up with! LOVE the LO of her in the meditation pose!!