I'm going to try really hard to be more consistent in writing this blog so that hopefully at the end of the year I can print it out and have a great memory book. We will see how that goes. Life is going well. 2010 was a great year. Girls got bigger, and easier in some respects, Coby had a great time in school and sports, things were ...well just great!
I can only hope that this year is just as good. So far it has been...but then again it is only January 11th! I'm looking forward to summer vacations, coby's basketball games and the girls turning 4 years old. I pray every day that my mind stays sane while i raise these kids! I don't know how others do it? How do some mothers seem to have it all together? I used to believe that i was a person with lots of patience...these kids have taught me differently. I may SEEM to have patience because i don't "freak" out often...but inside I'm boiling!
Needless to say, 2011 will be a year for me to work on my "anger". When I asked Coby how i could be a better mother this year he said. "Not to yell so much"! WHAT! I yell a lot? i thought. To be truthful, I had noticed over the past few months that the tone of my voice was getting higher and higher...but i justified it because my girls are so darn noisy and scream sooo much that I have to "yell' to get their attention.
But Coby is right. I do not want to be remembered as a mother who yelled all the time. So the very next day I hit the Temple! I figured it was a good place to start. And you know what? I didn't yell for three straight days!!! Yea! ....I did last night though :( But at least i am aware of it and i am determined to work on it all year long.!
Here's to becoming a "soft spoken" parent...well at least not a yeller! Ha:)( that's not even a word, i know...but it works for me)
kristen
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