While watching the movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green (which I loved by the way), I started thinking about all the different characteristics and qualities we have as a family and what’s displayed in my children and how much I love them. You know, when you become a parent you look at your child and think you have the most precious gift in the world; because well you do. As they grow older that love for them deepens and you carry those feeling to their school, your place of work and everywhere you go. You say, or at least in my case, “my children are so smart. They are smarter than the average child.” “My son is hilarious, adorable, handsome……” “My daughter lights up a room with her smile” To me, no child comes close to my child. Everyone thinks their child is special or uniquely better than every other child, I’m not saying my child is better than yours except that I am (because we all do it)
When I think about my own children and their unique qualities, I was actually surprised at how different each one of them are and how uniquely they display different characteristics of my husband and I the good ones and the bad ones
My son
no attention to detail like me
loves to eat like me
social, outgoing, and loud. You can’t *not* notice him… we’re not sure where this came from
smart like his dad
musical like me
naturally funny like his dad
stubborn I want to say like his dad but perhaps both of us
negotiator like me
My daughter
quiet and shy like me and her dad
notices everything like her dad
smart like me
not an athlete like her dad
honest to a fault like her dad
beautiful like me
smile to die for like me
beautiful singing voice like me
goofy as all get out like me
And with all of these characteristics they bring complete joy and magic to my life. My daughter’s most magical moment for me was that she was born with her amazing smile, I adore her smile. They say children don’t smile until they are a few months old, she was smiling from the first second. My son’s magical moment happens every time someone walks up to me and says, my child loves Miles. He wins people over and his amazing ability give me great joy. For our family the absolute most special magic and joy they brought into my life was how they influence my husband to be the father I always knew he could be.
Of course they drive me crazy and I make mistakes yelling at them. I’m not perfect, they’re not perfect, parenting is not perfect, but we’re a family and love each other and support each other and learn from each other no matter what.
