Disappointment
Keera tried out for the school play...Annie...she had to practice the song for a week before hand and she was so excited. She did not make it. Only 7 second graders out of 40 made it and 85 tried out (2-5th graders).
She was so sad. She has gotten over it since then, but it is true...as parents we bleed with them (and maybe even more so). This is the fourth child I am going through disappointment with and it doesn't get any easier. They each have had their fair share of disappointing moments. Katie volleyball, Connor baseball, Brendan break up of first love, to name a few. While it doesn't get any easier, I would rather feel that pain than not have it.
It is an opportunity to teach someone that there is a plan we don't know about, that things always happen for a reason, that there is strength found in a faith that they will still get up the next morning and they will find something else new and exciting to jump into. That they are resiliant and that we really have very little control over what our lives will be. All we can do is try our best and follow the path that is given to us.
She was so sad. She has gotten over it since then, but it is true...as parents we bleed with them (and maybe even more so). This is the fourth child I am going through disappointment with and it doesn't get any easier. They each have had their fair share of disappointing moments. Katie volleyball, Connor baseball, Brendan break up of first love, to name a few. While it doesn't get any easier, I would rather feel that pain than not have it.
It is an opportunity to teach someone that there is a plan we don't know about, that things always happen for a reason, that there is strength found in a faith that they will still get up the next morning and they will find something else new and exciting to jump into. That they are resiliant and that we really have very little control over what our lives will be. All we can do is try our best and follow the path that is given to us.
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