Last night, I was driving home with the boys in my car, and my 5 year old said "Mommy, speed up, there are no cars around to see you going too fast.", and my 7 year old did not miss a beat and said "Bubby, just because no one sees you do it, does not mean it is not wrong. A sin is a sin whether you get caught or not." WOW I was one proud mama. I have some amazing kids. And it sparked a great, albeit brief, conversation between us on right and wrong.
I told them how important it was to always try to do the right thing, no matter what other people are doing. You don't do right if someone else does, and then do bad if someone else does. You do right because it is the right thing to do and you are a good person, and we want to make God happy.
I hope one day that completely sinks in with them. Even on a smaller scale of "you cannot hit your brother because he hit you first".
Have your kids ever done something that just completely blew you away and you thought "Man, somewhere down the road, I must have really done something right."?
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Have your kids ever done something that just completely blew you away and you thought "Man, somewhere down the road, I must have really done something right."?
ReplyDeleteYes Rachie, you and your sister have done MANY things over the years that made Dad and I pat each other on the back.
What's more amazing to me though, are the times when you do the right thing in SPITE of what Dad and I recommend. i.e.: Throughout the last several months when I've become angry and lashed out, or felt you should be ANGRY and lash out, you respond to me the same way each and every time, "Mom, NO, I want to do what is right; what God wants me to do, so that for the rest of my life when I look back over this period of time, I will have no regrets. I'll know I did what was right and in the best interest of our children. I'm trying not to do anything that I will be ashamed for my children to know later down the road. I know you are hurt too, but you should do the same."
Sometimes your responses are a bit more detailed, ".....bla bla bla," and other times much less wordy, "MOM NO!! DON'T YOU DARE!UGH!!!!!," but you never veer from your "doing the right thing" mantra.
You've taught ME so much! I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK, my sweet and funny girl. ♥