A couple of weeks ago, I walked downstairs to find my kids had made waffles for breakfast. Our two girls love to cook, but they occasionally forget to clean up after themselves. It only took three seconds for me to assess the mess and go looking for the kids. When I found them, the first thing I said was, “Will you please go clean up your mess in the kitchen?” A few minutes later, I was talking to the oldest about some other things she needed to do when she said, “You know, you haven’t even said good morning to me. Everything out of your mouth this morning is pointing out things I’m doing wrong.”
She was right. And the worst part was realizing it probably happened a lot more often than I was aware.
I started asking myself, “How often do I deliberately speak kindly to my husband and children?”Continue Reading
