I wrote a post last week about how we should all just take a little more time with the happy. How we need to think carefully about our online footprints, to be gentler with ourselves as we travel this parenting road, and yet to always try to make our kids proud.
I loved your response, and to find out that I was not the only one thinking about this impact on our children. Thank you.
Some of that post was brought on by my own self-doubts about my content and my insecurities and my failures as a mother. I do a gut-check every time I post something online but I also need to do a better gut-check when my kids are standing right in front of me.
And I realize that I need to do a better job at honoring my kids everyday in every little way that I can. Because I want them to have better self-confidence than I do. Not self-doubt, not feeling shamed, not feeling good enough.
Because my kids are so much more than that.
Esther came home last week so proud of her new role as class representative on Student Council. I think I celebrated with her for about 15 seconds as she was handing me her math assignment which was filled with red ink. She got so many problems wrong. Simple things. Things we go over again and again. Things she should know. And I got angry and frustrated with her because she just is not getting it.
Never mind that big win of Student Council just 15 seconds ago.
I was not proud of myself. And realized that I need to do a better job of building them up(not without cause just because they are awesome) and letting my kids know that they work hard and that they are good people. Everyday.
And I will honor my kids the way that I expect them to honor and respect others. Always.
As we continue to strive for the happy.
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Today I am thrilled to co-host Memories Captured – which is an amazing monthly link-up hosted by Alison and Galit. Please join us from October 15 to October 19th and link up your memories.
We want you to capture a moment or a someone that you love in words and photos and share them with us. It’s as simple as that. You capture, we swoon. Choose any format that speaks to you and capture away.
We’re giving away a Signazon product of your choice this month! Signazon offers decals, window decals, yard signs, car magnet signs, and congratulations banners.
I’m so thrilled to be co-hosting this month with you and Galit. You are an amazing mother and your girls do you proud. And vice versa.
Love you and thank you for the inspiration. xo
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So thrilled to join you lovely ladies. Humbled. xo
Over the moon to co-host with you and Alison, your beautiful children, and your stunning mothering! xo
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So excited to hang-out with you guys this week. I feel like one of the cool kids. xo
Oh, I love this. Your girls holding those signs just melt my heart. You really do gave a wonderful outlook.
Thank you! xo
I absolutely adore your post and Galit’s post. I love seeing your kids sharing what they are proud of. Your girls (and you) are pretty amazing.
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I love this! How sweet!
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Yay for you co-hosting memories captured! I am pretty new to this link up and so excited about it! Because it reminds me to do what you speak of in your post – celebrate the happy – and revel in the good things with my kids.
And I love what you speak of – the gut checks and being careful with our online footprints. Your sentiments have been well taken and I thank you for them.
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Thank you Ilene. I have to revel in the good because motherhood sure isn’t easy but somehow it’s almost always beautiful.xo
I think you are a wonderful mother.
I love this idea!
Also? I love that Eloise loves math. In my old lifetime, I worked with a program focused on helping girls own and increase their success in math and science. It’s SO important for so many reasons.
angela recently posted..Into the Clouds
I know – she rocks it…to the point that I can no longer help with her homework. oy.
OMG – blech. I do that.
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I know – I’m trying to hard to stop it.
I LOVE this post and I must say…what makes you a fantastic mother is the fact that you reflect on these moments that were less than stellar and you do something ten times better to ensure your girls benefit from positivity. I TOTALLY want to steal this idea btw. I think I have to pin this….
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Thank you so much Nicole. xo
awesome!! You have the best ideas!
I am going to have to link up with you guys. I love this one so much!
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Oh I am so glad you will join us!
Poor Esther. I get it. I’ve never been good at the maths either.
And I think the fact that you reflect on your shortcomings as a parent and feel guilt and shame and remorse for them means you’re doing just fine.
Kristin @ What She Said recently posted..Conversations With My Mother
I get so frustrated with myself for doing things exactly like this. I wonder why it is so easy to concentrate on the negative sometimes. Is it because we know how hard it will be for them so we are trying to get them ready? That’s what I tell myself anyway.
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I want my children to have more self-confidence than I do too. Wonderful reminder, gorgeous pictures, and beautiful words.
xo
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Beautiful Tracy. Love what you’ve shared here about each of them.
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Gorgeous photos as usual. And you’re right, so right. A good thing to be reminded when sometimes its easier to notice the bad than to reward the good!
I’ll have to remember to link up my post on Wednesday. Going to start writing all about my two week Mediterranean cruise!
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Your facebook updates were amazing! What a great vacation.
Love all the positive! It is so nice to focus what is great about our children. Lovely photos!
Kim@Co-Pilot Mom recently posted..They Are Brothers
I think you need to do an “honoring our kids” link-up where we all do this. It is needed.
Precious, sweet girls, you have my dear…
Elaine recently posted..Big Foot
Okay, I’m back. I’m a big dork and just realized that THIS link up is to honor our kids like this (after looking at both Galit and Alison’s posts). So, BRAVO!!!
Elaine recently posted..Big Foot
So many reasons to love you, my friend – but the #1 is that you said “I’m a big dork” about yourself. I love you. xoxo
I love this post & loved the one last week, too! So wise to think about the online legacy we are leaving! These pics are TOO adorable & certainly are all accomplishments to be celebrated!@ Reminds me of that really old song…Accentuate the Positive, E-liminate the negative…such a good reminder that we can’t really eliminate the negative by focusing on it all the time…
Have a lovely week!
Simply wonderful. I love that your daughter loves math. GO GIRL!!
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Oh my heart, these photos and accomplishments are out of this world awesome!! So cute.
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You’re so right! This is the kind of things those girls will remember. Way to go Mama.
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Aww, this makes me wish I had a sister…but I will just have to settle for my two older brothers instead. Maybe I’ll get a girl dog. Your girls are adorable. We are just getting into the homework (Grade 1) and I already find I am sometimes a ‘lil too impatient when I know he knows the spelling of a word, but is just goofing around…I’m working on it too. We all do our best.
Your girls are beautiful. These pictures are just precious and ones that they will cherish one day
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And I will honor my kids the way that I expect them to honor and respect others. Always.
….I need to embroider this on a pillow…..a pillow I take with me wherever I go!
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well Tracy, I feel very silly for not having visited your blog sooner–even though I’ve seen you around the Internet before. Beautiful idea and I’m completely supportive for the whole concept of honoring our children. Bravo and yay! Lovely memories captured post!
Thank you so much Sarah. (And double thanks for the very sweet visit. xo)
I really love this concept and it really made me think about how important it is to appriciate the good, positive and amazing achievements our kids make everyday.
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Thank you so much Julia. xo
Oh I love your girls! Math was always my favorite subject. Yes, I was *that* dork.
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I’m so glad as math was my favorite too!
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