Ok I must start by sharing a tradition of our family. On birthdays in our house each member of our family has to say what they love about the special person of the day before we pray for dinner.
That being said, the other night out of no where and on no one's birthday Gabriel decided he wanted to say what he love about all of his sisters. His comments were very sweet and of course very 4 year old boyish. Well this started the ball rolling and soon Carisa wanted to say what she love about everybody. So one by one we went through our entire family. By the end of the session there wasn't a dry eye in the house, even daddy had tears rolling down his cheeks. Especially because of the final comment made by Carisa before the bedtime prayer.
Carisa said, "I am thankful for my family, because they fill my heart with love." For a seven year old she sure has it right.
It is moments like these as a mother that you know you have done something right. It was quite a change from earlier that same day. I as sick of telling children to stop being so mean to each other and to think about how they would feel if someone was doing that to them. I was at my wits end and God sent a blessing and a reminder that we truly need to have the "Heart of a Child."
I can only hope and pray that we begin to share more of these spontaneous moments of appreciation for each other, remembering how wonderful it is to have a family that truly knows how to love, even if we don't do it all the time.
I guess the forced say something nice about your sibling on their birthday has paid off.
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