I know I've said this before, but interacting with Lilah is like looking in a mirror. Sometimes I don't like what I see, but upon close inspection, it's because I'm seeing how I'm a total pain in the rear!!
Today as I was reading the book Raising Your Spirited Child, it reminded me that personality clashing or similarities will often be the source of conflict between you and your child, and just looking back on the last few weeks, I see how incredibly true that is. We've been shut in our house a lot lately due to weather. Neither Lilah nor I handle this very well, so by the end of the day we're both insane and making each other more insane. I see the spiral downward. We both need to get out of the house and interact with the world, so as a way to cope with not being able to do so, I get on the phone to interact with someone over the age of 2 for a while, to hopefully alleviate some stress on my part. Lilah, also stressed, gets more stressed because now I'm not interacting with her, so by the time I get off the phone, I should feel better, but instead I've got hell to pay for asking her to entertain herself for fifteen minutes, which is impossible for her since she's all crazy from being shut in all day. Things only digress from there and continue with a downward descent of actions and reactions.
As I was reading and reflecting about this today, I was struck with how awesome that is though, that I have a child that wants to be on the go as much as I do! And how in the future we'll be so blessed to be able to cope with struggles through engaging in conversation with each other, rather than me having to phone a friend. So the good news is, I've got a mini-me. That is also the bad news. I guess it's in my best interest to focus on the good news and be excited to have so much in common with my child. Thankfully Minels is happy to be along for the ride.
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