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It was one of those days ... my 2 year old son was doing everything super slowly

Written on 18/12/2008 14:14:53 by Heather

"It was one of those days ... my 2 year old son was doing everything super slowly, not listening to me, being defiant and generally pushing all my buttons. My 6 month old daughter was howling at anything and my tolerance level had just plummeted. I took my son outside to feed the chickens and after he chased them all round the coop and then out into my garden - where they immediately dug up the seedlings I had planted not 10 minutes before - and flatly refused to stop when I told him to, I finally lost my cool and told him to get back through the gate and that mummy was very unhappy with his behaviour.
I went inside with blood boiling and watched as he walked around the back yard dragging his bike behind him, brow furrowed and deep in thought. A few minutes later, his little voice piped up from the door calling me and when I went to see what he wanted this time, he held up a tiny daisy and said "Here you go Mum, I be good now" and wrapped his chubby little arms tightly round my neck. Then he sighed and said "Ohhhh Mum, I love you."
How to make a mothers heart melt! And how humbling! I still have the daisy, carefully pressed and in my box of precious memories. Now every time I start to lose my patience I think of that moment, the innocence and the unconditional love he gives me and suddenly it's not such a drama that it takes 10 minutes to get one shoe on, or that we have to park all 20 of his little cars in the right spot every night before bed. How much we can learn about patience, love and forgiveness from our children!"

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