Patience is a virtue...

I have come to realize how important the role of a parent is. A child absorbs every lil' thing you say and do. From discipline to simple hand gestures that you never realized you do. And I think a big one is your temperament with the child. Everyday I'm reminded how blessed I am with such a crazy, loud, funny, happy lil' boy. But I'm also reminded of a story that truly tears at my heart. It a story that comes out of book that no one really wants to ever come true. It's simple. A woman falls in love. They have infertility problems then years later adopt. The husband graduates to become an optometrist and they are living the American dream. Until tragedy hits and on her birthday the husband and their 2.5 year old boy go canoeing. Never to return. Later they find both bodies. Believed to result from the freezing water. I read her posts and all I can think of is why did I get mad at Eli, when she would truly die for one more day with her son. It comes to my attention every time Eli is being clingy, or upset. And I don't allow myself to get that place of frustration. When really all Eli wants is something so simple. Or needs just a hug. How hard is that to do? To take a few minutes out of the day to tend to the child you prayed so hard for. Some parents forget that. I'm not gonna lie it took a little adjusting too, but I picture that lil' boy and the husband and all the frustration escapes and is replaced with a sense of content. Weird I know. All I know is, is patience is a virtue, but if you can live by it, it will be so worth it. You won't have regrets as a parent. I'm definitely not in the category of a perfect mom, but I know I learn a new lesson from Eli everyday. He lets me grow to become a better parent and mama to him. And that crazy lil' boy has no clue that he has changed every aspect of my life and how I look at it with him in it now. Gosh I love him!!!