I grew up an only child, so I always knew I wanted a big family. Now I am blessed with four kids. They give me my purpose for living and a reason to better myself everyday. They all have such unique personalities and all though I am bias, they are all pretty good kids. My biggest fear in life is they repeat the same mistakes I made, or live in the shadows of my mistakes.
When Kiptyn was born, I prayed for a scripture for each of my children, and constantly pray that scripture over their life. They all have their issues as we all do, but to see how each of them are excelling is making me extremely proud. I think for me it is easy sometimes to get caught up, in what I am doing wrong as a mom and beat myself up over it. However, this weekend away from it all and had quiet time, I sat and made a list of all the awesome qualities my children possess. I am going to share it with them tonight and print it up and put on the refrigerator, so they are reminded daily of these powerful things. Too often we capitalize on the bad and not good, so at least for that brief moment, they see their good. Let me share them with you......
KYNDALL..... for starters she is kind and thoughtful. She loves helping other children. She is extremely creative and actually helps me so much. She is a straight A student who also excels in sports and she LOVES GOD. Teachers repeatedly tell me they wish they could clone her!!! She is loyal and so so smart.
ANDON....... Has a heart of gold. He will give you shirt off his back if needed and will befriend anyone. He is bilingual and crazy athletic. He can play any sport and excel in it... At 8 he had already won nationals in baseball. If I am sick, he is the one that always is looking out for me. He never gets in trouble at school and works hard to maintain his good grades.
KIPTYN..... my boy has overcome so much. When I look where he was a year ago and where he is now, all I can do is smile and be so proud. His preschool class says he is one of the best and is so so good. He has had is struggles, but even at 5, is learning how to deal with them and is doing incredible at it. He is crazy smart already and also already hitting the baseball to the fence!!!!
TRUETT..... This little boy lights up my day. He is the baby, but boy he is tough as nails. He can take a hit and get up like a champ. He already can ride a dirt bike and play any sport you throw at him. His coordination at his age is amazing. He really can be thrown in any situation and see the good in it. He loves unconditionally and at school they say he never gets in trouble and is such a good boy. Kiptyn and Truett are favorites at the nursing home as they visit. They love visiting and talking to the residents.
So when I look at this list, I see how incredibly blessed I am and how awesome my kids are. All four of them love helping others and have a huge heart. I am excited to see where God takes all them in the future and even us as a family. I know he has a calling for us as a family and I can not wait to see where he leads us and the many experiences we will have together.
In saying all this, I know my kids are not perfect, after all they are kids. But so often we see negative and then they began believing the negative. I know I will still have days where they might bring me to tears, or where I feel I am failing, but I hope I can always be the mom that shows them love and compassion. Also, I definitely am not the person or mom, who pretends life is perfect, because it is not. They see me for me, the good and bad, and I hope in doing that, they can see life is not about being perfect, but striving to be the best person you can be.
"Train a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
I pray now I can train my children this way, and let them see how awesome of a God we serve. And even though our struggles, He is constant!!!!!
Blessed mommy,
Amber
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