Feb. 26, 2007 - new book

I got a new book for my birthday called Captivating by the wife of the guy who wrote Wild at Heart.
My husband got it for me.  I've just read the first chapter tonight and it has really made me think.  It has made me think about being a female.  Maybe it will help me deal with some of the issues that my daughters and I will face. 

Today 6yr old daughter had an emotional breakdown.  I surely didn't know why.  She couldn't read one word immediately and instead of looking at it carefully, she threw a fit like her 3 yr old sister does (did, one time :).
She screamed at everyone and threw herself into her room and "had a terrible day."  That was at 8:30 am.  If I could put what I've read in my new book into her situation, I guess she was wanting someone to rescue her.  If I put her situation in my place, I would have wanted to be left alone, but not her.  At the end of it all, I'm torn between "showing kindness" and "not putting up with that kind of behaviour."   I guess the next 12 years I'm just in for it.  Ahh, the beauty of parenthood.  May the Lord be with us all.

Oh and tomorrow I should be able to find out if it's a boy or a girl we will be having.  I was leaning toward a girl, but after a day like today, well....