The Power Team!

     Whoa! Go Power Team! Oh, and go ME! I took six boys to see them tonight. Six boys, all by myself. I saw the Power Team once when I was in high school. I felt like a kid again, cheering them on. Ben asked if I would be proud of him if he grows up to be as strong as those guys. Oh yeah. It was neat to see several familiar faces. The boys loved watching those men break stuff and bend steel. I think they liked the fire stuff the best though.
     Today was a Friday-school day, which I love. They are such good people. I had no idea there were so many homeschoolers in this area. It is very encouraging for me, as a first year homeschooler. Today I saw someone else's child misbehaving and I was so grateful! I know, that's terrible. However, it's normally my Ben that is acting up. I got to breathe a sigh of relief when I saw that he wasn't the problem. What really got my attention was seeing that this young lad didn't argue with his mother what-so-ever. He ran. He ran away when she came after him. Ben does that to me, so I could totally feel her pain. This mother, who by the way has eight children, was so calm. I'm thinking to myself, "Wow, I would have been running after him while screaming something about putting an "X" by his name. Kudos to you S.P. because seeing you handle that situation, truly inspired me. I've been learning about how I can shift my focus on a situation, and it seems to change completely. It's like a whole new set of solutions appears before me. Seeing you do that, made me pause. It made me think. I was thinking about how I could handle my own little runaway, using your technique.
     "God, thank you for opening my eyes to a new way of discipline today. Thank you for my new friends, that are so full of love and support for one another. Help me to be a better mother and a better example. Jesus, thank you for loving me and my children. If it weren't for you, I'd be doomed to an eternity in hell. My Lord, thank you for your compassion; please help me to show it to my children, even when disciplining them. Just as you do."