My daughter is suddenly experiencing the harsh reality that her little brother is growing up and is no longer taking any bullying or toy stealing from her. We’ve had several emotional freak outs this week regarding her wanting something of his, him being unwilling to give it up and/or ratting her out, and me laying down the law (ie: taking her special things away for a time so she can have a taste of her own medicine).
The whole situation has me feeling like I would like to list both of them in the FREE section on Craigslist.
I have endured most of it with calm assertiveness, but now it’s Wednesday…and I am running out. Mix that with the hormonal superfluousness that I am experiencing from the pregnancy and I’m feeling a cross between rage and woe. I’m nervous for the future. For just next week even because summer begins…and I will be with them both all day, everyday of the week, for 12 weeks…And for that other future where I will have FOUR OF THEM and they will all be vying for their own individual time. The adult to child proportion seems precariously off balance.
What I need most right now is peace.
And something to think about besides children.
Here’s what I came up with in the wee hours of the morning, sometime between peeing and eating a bowl of yogurt because the feti said I had to.I really geek out over hanging things from the ceiling (like the time I folded and hung 93 paper cranes for Rae’s birthday) and I have been wanting something original and meaningful to hand over my kitchen table. I especially like things in multiples. Heh, anyone catch that irony? So I have decided to collect white birds, or doves, to symbolize peace, and faith in the will of the Lord and His hand in my life.
Picture this in my kitchen!!!! Not the singer…the birds…0:52.
I haven’t decided yet how bird number one will come to be, or how many I want to collect. I want to carve a few, but I don’t have any carving supplies, or know how to carve. That could pose a problem. I have carved things out of Styrofoam and coated them in plaster before. It was a pain. But worth it. As most painful things are.
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That will be beautiful! I especially like the look of the paper birds so I’d vote for some of those. One of the Starbucks near us has hundreds of multi-colored paper cranes hanging from a twisted stick and it’s one of my favorite pieces of art.
I really like your idea. I have carved wood birds and beehives in my kitchen, but everything is on a shelf. Hope you enjoy this pregnancy…my twin pregnancy was much different from my single pregnancys.
I LOVE that!!
Great idea! Maybe I’ll see if I can help my daughter do her room that way – if she’ll ever clean it up :-p
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