You Are My Hero

I wrote the following on Word; it is so long but from my heart.

I was thinking the other day of all of my role models. It is amazing how they change from season to season. I look back on my very first heroes and what would be nice to have from them now!
I would like to have Inspector Gadget’s skills, Rainbow Brights confidence, and Strawberry Shortcake’s grace. I was lying in bed this morning not wanting to get up and thinking how nice it would be to have just demanded my go go gadget arms to grab Harry and have him lay with me for the next 15 minutes! When he is throwing fits in public and right when we are in a time crunch Strawberry’s Shortcakes sweet grace (I am not even going to mention the fact that EVERYONE loved her except the one bad person in town) would have been a great card to pull! When my hair is wet and the only ironed pants are the ones I wore the day before; Rainbow Bright’s confidence and power is the card I would like to pull for convience! I now look to another group of skilled, confident graceful women to be the heroic role models that I need now more than ever! I have coveted the year of my sweet baby and am bracing myself for the upcoming toddler years. How do you actually prepare for the unknown? Thank God, that there have been other Mom Greats that have gone ahead of me and are more than happy to share with me what worked for them! It doesn’t matter the age or the experience of whom the advice came from; it is the attitude and understanding that we are all in the same boat, we must stick together and love each other. I am preparing my handsome unpredictable Harry for his very first plane ride to visit his 2 best buddies in the hip historical New Orleans! I have been given a plethora of great advice and since we are all in this together, I am sharing with you a few great ideas that my heroes have shared with me.
Cake Pan Treasure Box

Wal-Mart sells this pan with a lid for $5! Fill it up with little toys, books, play dough, colors, and whatever suites your Royalty and you have a lap table full of new excitement. I plan on worshiping this on the airplane!
Electronics are welcomed on the plane and do not worry about your child’s outbursts.
This was in reference to how loud it really is on the plane, people won’t be able to hear a lot of the toys you have for them. Also, remember you will never see these people again; lighten up!

I love the following advice that I haven yet tried either! When dining give your kid a few toys and let them play on the floor. I know Germex moms are probably disgusted with the thought but, honestly you don’t know what your child is really eating, who touched the fork you just fed them with or if that plastic lid sat out in a warehouse with rodents running around; there comes a time when you just have to say it is okay! Harry was not sick until he was 8 months; my reasons for him being sick were because he was in daycare and his little ear canals were not fully developed. It doesn’t really matter; those moms who can keep your kid’s pacis and hands cleans…more power to you, that is a huge achievement!
I have mentioned this amazing book I am reading called Shepherding a Child’s Heart. It has really opened my eyes to Gods will for me. God is the ultimate parent and the ultimate role model to all parents. God has laid out so many instructions in his Book that have been moved to the side by today’s doctors, experts, and they (you know the famous word you start hearing once you get pregnant “they say”). The only commandment God gives us in the New Testament is LOVE. Love is so easy to do when you are given such a blessing. Love, is not my problem! I love Harry all the time, fits, no sleep, food throwing, the list goes on. The problem is my response to his tests. The eyes that watch to see what I am going to do, oh stork, why could you not just put a little Harry’s direction book in the basket when you dropped off my Precious! Through God all thinks are possible, so the skills, confidence and grace will come with time and maturity. The self discipline I need to study his word daily and in a quiet place will come and is there; just not to the point I would like it to be. I heard on the radio last night that there are 3 types of friends you must surround yourself with; one that pushes you to become a better Christian and is on the same page as you are; a friend that has gone ahead of you and you can look up to for advice and guidance; and the friend that may need your encouragement and support. I feel very content that I have those friends. I have one friend who is probably my favorite who never ever lets me stay satisfied with where I am at. We get on the phone and could probably talk for hours over what Christ is teaching us. She is a Mom Great that encourages me to pray and prays for me; it is near impossible for me to do anything without these friends. God has this whole master plan figured out and for me to question my gut feeling or question the answers he has obviously gives me is so silly. I am making this give it up and give it to God day for me! I feel so immature as a Christian to just now realize that Harry is not mine! He has been given a plan and I desire with all of my heart that he is given Christian roots and raised in a home full of biblical values. When I am questioned about why I am not doing the latest trend in child rearing, I will say that those are not what my son needs. If you wonder where all of these thoughts stem from I will mention again the book I am reading Shepherding Your Child’s Heart. I have read other books that are the latest rage not only for dealing with Harry but, for my students. They do work and they do make sense but, it is not the exact instructions that God gives us. With all that said, and do not think of one minute I expected anyone but my very close loved ones to read this, that I think anyone is not doing the right things for their children. Everyone girl that has subscribed to my blog is a Great Mom; I am encouraged by the love you all show for your babies! So, can we say, One for All and All For One, or All for All and All for One(One being Christ)? Peace, Love, and Harryness