This is the story of a failure and a success. It is a simple, simple story. It begins with a bad day. Definition of bad: Yelled, got exasperated because things weren't going as fast as I would have liked. Nagged the kids and rushed them. Root cause of the frustration: (this is where I take responsibility for my own bad behavior which affected the outcome of the home school moment) I woke up late and started school late when we had somewhere to be at a certain time.
This created what I call, "home school meltdown". My fault. Sorry guys.
Our ending and success comes the next day. Thankfully God's mercies are new every morning. It could have been rough. Thankfully the meltdown was averted. The definition of success: No yelling or exasperation. Root cause of better day: I confessed my prior sinfulness, grabbed those little beauties hands and we prayed for a better day. The confession humbled me enough to remind me that when the frustration comes that there is a better way.
So simple. So easy to forget. Simply that, when I give my day to God and remember that He is the author of it all I don't get so easily out of whack. Praise His name for the grace to begin anew. Thank you to my babies for the grace to forgive me to being a jerk too. They are so wonderful. Even when they can't remember 7x9 for the 100th time or when they will not capitalize the first letter in their sentences.
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