life lessons

i feel like i have learned a lot in the last year about being a mom. i have been taking a class at the college here called a biblical perspective on relationships. it has been so great, i am so glad i took it. i am learning a lot about how to have a good relationship with my kids and my husband. i have also recently came to the realization that i do way too much. so i have let go of a lot of my responsibilities and let mike help me out with them, so that i can be the mom i want to be. i get to do all kinds of stuff with my kids that i didn't get to do before. i am a more patient mom and scarlett is really benefiting from it. i am learning how to parent so that my kids will hopefully be well rounded responsible adults. i think the key to being a great parent is loving the heck out of you kids and showing them who god is by your actions as a parent. i am trying to let scarlett make some decisions on her own by giving her choices. just spanking your kids when they do something wrong is not the most effective way to do things. i think there is a time for spankings. but i think by putting them in time out and taking away privileges is also really effective. i think if we all try to be a good parent to our kids we can't go wrong. we need to love them enough to discipline them, and i think there is more than one way to do that.