They try to be just like mommy.
They write little tiny characters all over every square inch of paper, making a list just like mommy.
They take half the clothes off the hangers in my closet, parading around in my shoes and shirts, looking just like mommy.
They jabber away on their toy cell phones, talking while they walk, just like mommy.
They cover the coffee table with blankets, pile it high with pretend birthday cakes and food, making meals just like mommy.
They concentrate hard on their “work” on their book-turned-computer, saying, “Can you please be quiet a minute?” just like mommy.
They borrow my makeup and my lotion and my chapstick, making themselves look pretty, just like mommy.
They are two and a half and four and a half. And they want to be just like me.
But as they copy my tone, my words, my actions, sometimes I wonder: am I really living as if I want my daughters to be just like me?
How very true and how very DAUNTING! I certainly know that I’m certainly no good example to anyone.
Such a good reminder of how we need to constantly be watching what we do and say. I have 3 little boys 3, 1 and 2 months and they are constantly copying what we do and say. Thanks for the GREAT reminder.
I can relate. Oh, I can relate. My daughters are about two years behind yours, (my oldest is just 2, my youngest is 8 months) but already she loves being like me. She’s constantly copying things I do from the words I say to the way I stand when I rock her baby sister.
It’s my constant humbling reminder to watch what I say, do, and how I respond….so thankful for grace in these days as Mum. =)
Amen. So thankful for His grace.