5 June

What I want for you......

as the doors are closing on yet another school year, and as we're trying to prepare as best as we can for the transitions of next year (beginnings and endings are always an anxious time for mom, so bear with me), it leaves me with a lot of thinking about "what do I really want for you in your life" type of thoughts.SO much so that I feel compelled to write them down.... (also see the talk.....which I , the sappy mess of a person that I am,  cry through reading to them at the beginning of every school year.....wish I had written that)

What I want for You......
To have friends.
To be a self-starter (we talk about this a lot in our house)....no matter what your ability, if you want something you have to be the only one willing to do the work to get it (even more work than is "fair" sometimes)
To be able to handle some discomfort, change and things not going your way.
To know you can do hard things (see self-starter)
To learn some stuff.....most of all compassion (and some math and how to use proper grammar too.....)
To eat healthy, drink water and take care of your body, be active.
To be kind, and know that happiness comes from within you (most of the stuff you stress about now, really won't matter in 10 years).  ....You are good enough.