One of the things we've worked on with Abby is not being snotty. Sometimes I feel like I'm banging my head against the wall in the process wondering when she'll 'get it.'
Yesterday after gymnastics class Abby shared a revelation she'd had:
Abby: "Mom, y'know that snotty girl in my gymnastics class?"
Me: "Yeah."
Abby: "Well, I think God put her in my class for a reason."
(Right about now, I'm thinking maybe she's thinking about another lesson we're working on...loving people where they're at.)
Me: "Oh yeah...and what do you think that reason might be?"
Abby: "To show me that that's how I can be sometimes...and I don't wanna be that way!" [You're right, Mom] People don't want to be around you when you're that way."
Haaaaa-le-lu-ia!!!! And the heavens part. The light bulb went on. Thank You, Lord for snotty girls.
