Thursday, October 27, 2011

a personal question

I was thinking about this last night. I had read a pretty gut wrenching story a few days ago, and it's made me thank God for a lot of the choices I've made as a parent. I'm no saint, however, I've made a LOT of mistakes-especially with my older children. After I started having more children, I realized that many times the older children are similar to laboratory guinea pigs- "let's try this and see if  it works. Nope, doesn't work! OK we won't do that with the next child". It kind of sucks for the older child, but it's all part of the learning process. That whole "we weren't given a manual with our children" thing. When you know better- you do better.

But I'm getting off topic there. All of that concerns the past and what we can't change.
Today's post is sort of about the past, but mostly about the future- and what we CAN change.
So, today I pose to you a question. I'm not asking you to answer it in the comments, I'm not even asking you to answer it out loud. Just ponder it.

As you spend the day interacting with your child or children think about my question. And then let it change what you do. Let it affect some choices. Let it make you a better parent to your child. We could all probably be better parents, right? So, here's my question.

If your child died tomorrow, what would you regret?

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