How to Enjoy Motherhood More
As a subscriber of Crystal Paine’s emailers, recently I received an email where she wrote about: How to enjoy motherhood more. For those who haven’t heard of her, Crystal is a wife, mom of 6, speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and online entrepreneur, best known for founding MoneySavingMom.com
What she wrote, really touched me. So I thought of sharing it with you, our precious NOP community.
Here’s the excerpt:
Mamas, if there’s one piece of advice I could give for loving motherhood more, it’s this: enjoy your kids. I mean, really, truly enjoy them. Laugh with them. Let them tease you — and dish it right back. Have inside jokes. Find out what speaks love to them and prioritize that.
A child or teen who knows that his or her mom really delights in them and spending time with them is going to be much more apt to want to spend time with you.
Connect with them just because. Hang out with them just because. Don’t have an agenda. Don’t only spend time with them when you need to have an important conversation. Don’t put them down in how you talk about them or to them.
Laugh at their jokes. Listen to their music. Watch the videos and shows they like. Listen to them share about that subject they are passionate about. Care about their friends. Don’t belittle or discount their fears and worries. Let them vent their big feelings without quickly jumping into fix it or sermon mode.
Let your countenance and your words and your attitude speak to how much of a gift and blessing they are.
There is a time and place for hard conversations and correction, but let it be built upon a strong foundation of time and fun and connection.
