Some things I wish I knew 30 years ago!
I realise that over 90% of the things I fretted and worried over never happened.If you offer food to a young child and they don’t eat, they will not starve!
That the time flies by so quickly that you should make time to enjoy your children- don’t be left with regrets in the future
It is best to keep a house that is clean enough to be healthy but dirty enough to be lived in- it will be too clean when the kids have left for good
A self-willed child will often grow up to be a very conscientious hard worker and a loving person
The naughtiest kid really needs the most hugs- sometimes it’s an attention seeking thing
It is more important to make your life rich in love than rich in possessions
There is no safer place for a little child to bloom than in its own home
A Bandaid strip and a kiss means much more….it’s that Mommy loves me and cares
A rested Mother is the best Mother she can possibly be
Taking time out for yourself some time during the day or night is good- Mothers shouldn’t stop dreaming
Heated disciplining arguments from the chiefs are never productive in front of little recruits- they will soon play one off against the other
It is not unloving to encroach on your kids ‘rights’ and choose his friends for him- you can save yourself and him a lot of heartaches later on
To make too much of each child is inviting disaster- soon they will make you the children and they will be masters of the house
Stay united with your spouse in front of the children- a house divided will fall and you will come down with it
Two heads of the house does not work- allow and encourage your husband to lead
Pray without ceasing - we mothers need all the help we can get…and that goes on all our lives
Seek to find snatches of joy everyday as you battle through Mt Laundry etc - you will reach the mountain top all too quickly and will remember the valley as the best journey of your life!
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
“In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence and his children will have a place of refuge’ Proverbs 14:26
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