Dust Scatterer

Just little tid bit for your Friday.........something Ive been feeling for the past week

Dust Scatterer

When you have little ones in your lives

They watch you

They love you

They think you are wise

Please do not forget to think of your words

A "no" and "don't do it that way"

Are not just tiny slurs

That are easily forgotten

By the little dears

Who love to watch-to see-to hear

They think you are important

Someone to trust

They haven't had life

Shower dust

On their dreams, their hopes, their beautiful smile

They try new things and all the while

Hoping you will fuel their willingness to try

Don't let that light wither and die

A light not easily re lit

Their determination and hope has shrunk a tiny bit

Don't be the dust scatterer

Their hearts are so new

Erasing a negative is difficult to do

Our kids need a yes, they can do it their way

Sometimes their way is better

As a parent, that's hard to say

Those little ears are more likely to try

When a parent loves and stays close by

Giving them a shoulder no matter the case

We've all got a gift

Its called grace

written by me in about 10 minutes at 8 am this morning, so please forgive the spelling and punctuation issues...I am not a poet.

My two year old taught me this lesson this week. I am deeply regretting a correction I gave her about a game she was playing. I wasn't mean about it at all...Now she wont play it anymore. She is afraid of doing it the wrong way, and won't even try.
 It breaks my heart that something so dumb has made such an impact on her. I am working daily to erase the negative I showed her last week. Its so hard.