So, I have had my child in school now for 3 months and it has been good. There are days when she comes home and says the funniest things. She loves the songs in music, the lunches in the cafeteria and the friends in class. There are also days that are hard too - when friends are not "nice" or the playground dynamic is not in her favor. Those are hard to hear, but God is teaching me something through this...

Sydney is a sweet, kind, thoughtful girl and she is not one to fight back when things do not go her way. When she tells me of things friends say and don't say that may hurt her feelings I have the tendency to say, "well fight back", say "I don't care what you think". But I am realizing that that is not her. God has made her in to this sweet young girl and I am not here to change her or make her be something she is not. I am here to help her figure out who she is and how to handle life in the process of that, being true to her God given character. So, the learning is taking place far more for me than for her. I am learning to guide her within her personality to protect herself and to find significance in God and those who love her. What a hard task, but I am glad God showed me that. He doesn't want me to encourage her to be someone she is not, mainly because she can't do that and how defeating that can be for a little girl.

I don't think I am ready yet though to let her wear her tiara to school. God hasn't spoken to me about that yet.

Press on....