The speaker was wonderful (as the always are at MOPS). You can listen to her talk here.
She made several points that I really need to apply to my life. She asked several of her friends to share with her some of their motherly wisdom. One of them said, “Be a low drama mama!” I really need to work on that one. I often overreact to Wesley and Lydia.
She made several points that I really need to apply to my life. She asked several of her friends to share with her some of their motherly wisdom. One of them said, “Be a low drama mama!” I really need to work on that one. I often overreact to Wesley and Lydia.
The speaker’s friend went on to say, “Remember your priorities, keep it simple, and keep it real.” Yes, I need to remember my priorities!
When Wesley was a baby I went to visit a family I had worked with for a long time. The mom, Katy, said to me, “Wesley seems like a really laidback baby. I think it is because you are so laidback and calm.” I took that as such a compliment. I am not really laidback or calm most of the time but I can be that way with babies.
When I struggle with dealing with and relating to Wesley and Lydia, I sometimes think about what Katy said to me. I wonder if I learn to be more laidback, a low drama mama, with my children then would they be more laidback. I am sure our house would be calmer. Don’t mothers set the tone in the home?
So, I am praying that I will be a low drama mama. That God will give me a quiet and gentle spirit that pleases him (1 Peter 3:4).
The speaker also talked about how one of her friends complained to her father about her children and some of the difficulties she was having with them. The friend’s father responded, “Don’t they change in a few months away?”
Ahh, they do don’t they? Remember last year when Lydia told me she never wanted to finger paint again? That was in November. In January, I noticed that one day she had put down her paint brush and was painting with her fingers.
She brought this home from preschool last week. She said she had fun doing the hand prints.
When Wesley was a baby I went to visit a family I had worked with for a long time. The mom, Katy, said to me, “Wesley seems like a really laidback baby. I think it is because you are so laidback and calm.” I took that as such a compliment. I am not really laidback or calm most of the time but I can be that way with babies.
When I struggle with dealing with and relating to Wesley and Lydia, I sometimes think about what Katy said to me. I wonder if I learn to be more laidback, a low drama mama, with my children then would they be more laidback. I am sure our house would be calmer. Don’t mothers set the tone in the home?
So, I am praying that I will be a low drama mama. That God will give me a quiet and gentle spirit that pleases him (1 Peter 3:4).
The speaker also talked about how one of her friends complained to her father about her children and some of the difficulties she was having with them. The friend’s father responded, “Don’t they change in a few months away?”
Ahh, they do don’t they? Remember last year when Lydia told me she never wanted to finger paint again? That was in November. In January, I noticed that one day she had put down her paint brush and was painting with her fingers.
She brought this home from preschool last week. She said she had fun doing the hand prints.
I will probably post more about the first MOPS meeting. The speaker was so encouraging and said many things that really touched me.
2 comments:
that was a great speaker!
i remember the one thing that said along the lines- if your kids are dirty, you are doing something right....
today we went to two playgrounds today, and the bath water was almost black-
it made me smile to think maybe i am doing something right:)
The first MOPS meeting at Woodbridge that I am attending now didnt have speaker on first meeting but we did our PJ party and Yard Sale.I am going to miss all the good speakers at MOPS @ IBC.
I am going to listen to the link you gave.I too sometimes need to be a low drama mama hehe.
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