I Must've Done Something Right!

Okay, I believe. There just HAS to be a fairy or angel of some sort with some angel dust of some kind...no, not drugs...real angels...that has or have transformed my grandsons into some wonderful little persons.

Now, don't get me wrong...they have always been wonderful...they're MY flesh and blood...but they have not always been good listeners nor "perfect" little angels. There have been days when I wondered why in the world I took on this challenge. Why did I leave my job with ADULTS and professionals to spend days changing diapers, chasing children, cleaning up messes, etc. WHY???

BUT, I must have done something right, to have my daughter ask me to care for her children, even rear them, so to speak. It IS an honor to be able to guide my grandchildren, to teach them and nurture them. It truly is. I cannot honestly say, though, that I have always thought I was the right person for the job...

And then the angel of mercy appeared...somewhere between last Monday and Tuesday...sometime where no one saw the magic...and what different boys I have! And just in time, because Baby Girl is almost fully-blown in the terrible twos!

We have a sticker chart to earn each day. Never before have the boys accomplished more than three days in a given week of earning all their stickers, yet they have soared to FOUR days this last week...

The angel may have partly been in the form of my sister who gave me great advice regarding homeschooling and attention/focus/distraction problems. It really works! She was a teacher for many years and a special ed teacher and resource specialist as well. Probably knows what she is talking about!

But, I think I must have done something right...in taking her advice...in raising (rearing) my own daughter...in loving my grandchildren...and in believing...

in the magic of love and respect, in God, in education, that all children can learn well, and perhaps, in that angel of mercy who flew in one day...and...

given the grace and space to be "children" and more emphatically "boys", made them truly "perfect".