I have always said that children naturally progress on their own. My children have always moved onto the next milestone without too much effort, like a little light goes on in their head and they get it. I would say that I am a pretty easy going parent, I know that it can be hard to sit back and say that they will naturally progress, but they will. They are little people after all and will do things in their own time and their own way. I don't like to force things in life, I like to know that what a person does or says is because it is truly what they desire to do or what they really think, not because it's the right answer or I told them they had to. I believe in authenticity. I think, in that, I believe in God given progress, we are after all God designed, so it's only logical that he would design us to progress into what we need when we need it.
My
boys couldn't be more different. I have Dominic my always ahead
academically child who struggles with being a student and then I have
Gabe who is a model student that is just a pinch behind academically.
But this week I saw my Dominic make great strides at being a better
student and Gabe making great strides in his academic performance.
In
my experiences not always is that progress easy. We have had a fall season full of work. We have worked to get where we are. I have spent hours working with Gabe to help him get to where he needs to be. I have spent even more time and sleepless nights trying to figure out how to help Dominic thrive. We have been blessed with an amazing school and teachers who have worked with us all to get to where we are. I am beyond thankful for the time that I get to spend at school in my kids classrooms because none of the obstacles have taken me by surprise and when we come to them it's much easier to figure it out with somebody you know and that you know is on your side.
I know even in my own life
that a lot of these "natural progressions" have come through hours on my knees begging to get through. I would not be who I am without having gone through what I have, fought the battles I have fought and come out on the other side forever changed. I know I am growing in character and the pain is worth the reward, even if the reward isn't seen on this side of heaven. The greatest rewards we won't see here on this earth, they are waiting for us on the other side. Talk about an encouragement, because I don't know if you're like me, but there are some pretty awesome rewards here, all I have to do is look in on my sleeping children and into the eyes of my husband who loves me more than I can even understand. I am beyond blessed, no matter the struggle I come out praising the God who brought me through. It is his strength that beings me through and his blessings are all around me.
