Live Out Loud - Adventures of a mom

******* My kid....MY KID...got in trouble....Many times this week. S-I-G-H As one of the teachers said, incredulous, "YOUR kid?" Yes, MY KID. He had misbehaved 3 times in 2 days.  One of the infractions got him into the principal's office. S-I-G-H Sandy, YOUR kid is ordinary.  He makes mistakes.  He is not perfect. Why is this so hard to accept? ********* All of us dream that our kids will turn out fine and become amazing and extraordinary human beings. Though we say our kids aren't perfect, deep inside, we hold onto the dream that perhaps...just perhaps... they could be immune to sin, to faltering, and to simply being less than perfect. We have  embraced the dream  and have  rejected the journey  to get them there.  We have, in turn, converted what was designed to be a journey of witnessing a miracle happen (ie. transformation from ordinary to extraordinary) and chosen every day to wish and believe our kids will not n...

Something happens as we age - we transition from taking a mostly 'pupil' role to that of a 'teacher' role.  Look at me, I am a mother, a mentor, a cake decorator that teaches others and an educator.  I have also taught in our church, lead meetings, been chair of committees, trained staff, and so on. Even in rather mundane day to day activities,  it's easier for us to provide people with advice on anything from where the best restaurant and/or grocery store is or what road is best to avoid traffic, than to ask someone for that same information. Whether we say it out loud or not, when we are helping the kids with homework, piano practice, encouraging them to not quit that skating lesson they find so hard, correcting bad behaviour, enforcing time-out or explaining why they have to be more polite, thankful, positive.....we do think "I know more than you.  Mommy knows best." Or, in the context of serving God....when we are leading a church team to do so...