The New Year came with exciting plans and direction for us. Alex will see himself travelling quite a bit for work and we've launched on our family ministry of sharing the "good news" re parenting.
NO! We are not welcoming (growing!) more children (I wish!) into our family! Just learning to be better ones to the existing lot.
We are into our 2nd week (...and this is our 3rd time attending the classes, just to show how much we NEED it!) and I plan to write a little about each week.
Week 1: Raising a Moral Child
This was again an eye opener reminding Alex and myself how slack we have been in building our own moral warehouses before we can instill any morals into our kids. This course emphasised that as Christians our standards are SET on God's standards and there's not much "grey" areas when it comes to character and virtues etc. I still struggle. It's is so much easier saying "because mommy says so" to the constant habitual "whys??" instead of stepping back and giving a thought as to the "lesson and moral reason" behind the discipline. STILL, I am absolutely passionate with these principles and have...started a battle plan against the monkeys in my life.
Week 2: First things First
COUCH time! Again, nothing is worth doing unless as parents, we realise how important our husband-wife relationship is. Hooray for such enlightenment. Many people already know this, many in the perspective of couplehood but many DO NOT realise that the KIDS have to be shown and reminded. I will have two weeks on sitting by my sofa while I write a little letter in front of my kids to Alex....or we can just video chat! Meanwhile, I am sitting at home, waiting for Alex to arrive in London, feeling quite miserable and missing him terribly.
... hang on, Alex is away! I am back blogging!?!...
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