photos by: Ginger Unzueta
How Do I Love You? Let me count the days.
[an excerpt from “How Do I Love You? Let me count the days.”]
Ginger Unzueta
How often do your children ask to do something where your immediate answer is NO? As parents I am sure we’ve all experienced this. And to be honest, there are many times we should say NO.
I’ve really been trying to make an effort to say yes more often rather than immediately answering with no. Perhaps at times my no answers were out of my own laziness or inconvenience. For example, not wanting to clean play dough off the floor or not wanting to get out my daughter’s sewing machine and take the time to work on her sewing skills.
Yes encourages them. Yes ignites something beautiful within. Yes shows our children that we are listening. Yes can bring happiness. Yes can be a powerful part of childhood and it is worth saying more often.
Idea #11:
look for opportunities to say YES, whenasked about play dough or baking a cake orwalking down the street to the neighbor’s house, pause. How could you say yes to this request?
Ginger is a homeschooling mama of three loving the beautiful, everyday moments of life. She seeks God’s direction in all things. www.gingerunzueta.com and thecreativemama.com
I am also an instructor at the Bloom forum where I teach my Everyday Beauty photography workshop.
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