it's on our bedroom WALL with a SHARPIE?
A few weeks ago when Mimi and Bapa were here, Hunter slept in our room since the guest bed in his room. One night we heard a few loud noises so I went upstairs to check on him. This is what I found. Sharpie (don't ask me how he found it) marker on our wall, all over his bed, and on one of my cream pillow shams. Needless to say we were not very happy. He knows and will tell you that you only draw on paper.
Later that night, I was laughing at the fact that he drew on the wall. (This is the last room in the entire house not painted, otherwise I wouldn't have been laughing so soon.) It's just funny-paint will cover it and why stay mad. I'm working on laughing at things more. Still not loving the fact that my pillow sham was ruined.
A few days later I was reading a caringbridge site of a little boy who was born 15 weeks early, was in the nicu and was barely hanging on. The dad wrote about how he wanted to be able to get mad at his son, he actually wanted him to DRAW ON THE WALL so he could have something to get mad about. That would mean that he survived. Wow, that was great perspective. Yes, our children need to learn right from wrong, but we need to teach that and not dwell on the wrong. So the drawing on my wall is my beautiful mess. A mess I will soon have to paint over, but beautiful because I am blessed with two children. That dad just lost his son. I pray that I can take this lesson to heart and be a grace filled mom remembering who extended me grace first.
2 comments:
Great perspective for sure! Hope you guys are well!
great perspective, christi. the dentici's story puts a lot of things into perspective, doesn't it? i am trying not to "sweat the small stuff," as they say, so much either! i'm pretty sure i would have lost it on one of my kids for drawing on the wall (and my pillow sham!) with a sharpie :).
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