Jess Ritchey Beauty

That first picture. Look at those sad eyes. 😔 This was immediately after my Lulu bug 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 dropped a bowl while she was washing her dishes.

Not long ago I shared a repost about children & spilled milk… it basically said you can clean up spilled milk but a broken spirit over your (over)reaction will last much longer. That stuck with me!
And that broken spirit is exactly what I saw in those eyes when I ran into the kitchen to make sure everyone was okay. I wasn’t angry at her, but she didn’t know that; at least not right away.
So I picked her up & took her aside (away from all the broken glass) so I could explain to her that I knew this was an accident & I was more worried about her getting hurt on the glass than I was about the broken bowl. You should’ve seen that sweet face light up when she realized she wasn’t in trouble.

Sometimes it’s difficult. Sometimes I yell. Sometimes I get really angry over mistakes made, but I treasure teachable moments like these. Create an environment where your children feel loved and know that it’s okay to make mistakes! That’s where the true treasure lies.

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” ~ Proverbs 22:6