My beautiful daughter, Sara. Sara is my 2nd oldest daughter and she is 14 1/2 right now. Did you ever have a child that was so very much like you? Sara is very, very much like her mother in so many ways! Lately, with having such a wide age range around here, I see evidence of growing up in all of my children....the past few days it has been my Sara....
One of the ways that Sara is very much like me, is that usually she feels the need to learn from her own experiences and mistakes...rather than learning from others....and something is a great idea....if it is HER idea. You can probably imagine the 'discussions' we've been having around here....two strong willed women! LOL
As part of my girls education, I am insisting that they learn simple sewing, crocheting and maybe knitting (crocheting and knitting work both the right and left sides of the brain at the same time, increasing cognitive ability, problem solving skills and creativity) ....more importantly, they are required to know how to cook and bake from scratch...a skill that I feel they will need all of their lives.
So...I told Miss Sara the other evening that she should pick either a knitting project or a crochet project....or I would assign one to her. Well...she was NOT happy with this idea, argued eloquently against it....until I told her that she had 10 minutes to decide or I would. Sara came out 10 minutes later and said "Let me try the knitting"....well, it took me a week of concerted effort to teach myself knitting and it was slow going....Sara got it in 5 minutes and said "oh, you mean like this?"...and off she went! Then, she said "Let me try the crochet again and see which one I like better"....so I gave her a hook....and she fell in love with crocheting and yarn! Meghan and I are so happy that Sara now shares our love of YARN and crocheting! After a little bit, I said to her "Do you have anything that you want to say to me?"....Sara sheepishly grinned, and said "I'm sorry for arguing, Mom...you were right"...now why don't children just do it the first time without arguing?! LOL Now we can't get her to put the hook down....you now regularly hear "just one more row?!" from both Meghan and Sara now! LOL
Yesterday, after a long Sunday, Sara asked if she could make a pie since it was "3-14" day. I asked if it would be gluten free...and again...she wanted to do it "her way"....I gave my permission, while resigning myself to eating no pie. About 1/2 hour later I walked into the kitchen to find her making a gluten free apple pie....how wonderful! I asked her why she changed her mind, and she said it would be just as good and she wanted me to eat it too....and wouldn't you know, her GF pie crust turned out better than mine!
One of the ways that Sara is very much like me, is that usually she feels the need to learn from her own experiences and mistakes...rather than learning from others....and something is a great idea....if it is HER idea. You can probably imagine the 'discussions' we've been having around here....two strong willed women! LOL
As part of my girls education, I am insisting that they learn simple sewing, crocheting and maybe knitting (crocheting and knitting work both the right and left sides of the brain at the same time, increasing cognitive ability, problem solving skills and creativity) ....more importantly, they are required to know how to cook and bake from scratch...a skill that I feel they will need all of their lives. So...I told Miss Sara the other evening that she should pick either a knitting project or a crochet project....or I would assign one to her. Well...she was NOT happy with this idea, argued eloquently against it....until I told her that she had 10 minutes to decide or I would. Sara came out 10 minutes later and said "Let me try the knitting"....well, it took me a week of concerted effort to teach myself knitting and it was slow going....Sara got it in 5 minutes and said "oh, you mean like this?"...and off she went! Then, she said "Let me try the crochet again and see which one I like better"....so I gave her a hook....and she fell in love with crocheting and yarn! Meghan and I are so happy that Sara now shares our love of YARN and crocheting! After a little bit, I said to her "Do you have anything that you want to say to me?"....Sara sheepishly grinned, and said "I'm sorry for arguing, Mom...you were right"...now why don't children just do it the first time without arguing?! LOL Now we can't get her to put the hook down....you now regularly hear "just one more row?!" from both Meghan and Sara now! LOL
Yesterday, after a long Sunday, Sara asked if she could make a pie since it was "3-14" day. I asked if it would be gluten free...and again...she wanted to do it "her way"....I gave my permission, while resigning myself to eating no pie. About 1/2 hour later I walked into the kitchen to find her making a gluten free apple pie....how wonderful! I asked her why she changed her mind, and she said it would be just as good and she wanted me to eat it too....and wouldn't you know, her GF pie crust turned out better than mine!~A good friend reminded me last night, " didn't you say she was just like you?"....and I've been thinking of it ever since. How can I best teach and train Sara, especially as she is naturally growing up and becoming independant...since she is as strong-willed as I am? I think we will have a talk today about working together....before I know it, she and Meghan will grown and gone out of our home...and I want Sara to learn how to channel the strength of will that the Lord gave her to serve Him and do His will....and how to surrender to someone else's authority...and to do it gracefully.
She is such a sweet daughter! I don't know what I would do without my 'Sara Sunshine'! My daughters are growing up into my very best friends...the ones I want to tell things to first...to share all of our interests with....to pray together, to learn together, to serve together.....Love you, much, Sara Bear!!!!!! ~Love, Mum~
She is such a sweet daughter! I don't know what I would do without my 'Sara Sunshine'! My daughters are growing up into my very best friends...the ones I want to tell things to first...to share all of our interests with....to pray together, to learn together, to serve together.....Love you, much, Sara Bear!!!!!! ~Love, Mum~
