Sometimes, the right things happen at just the right times!

I have really been trying to "find myself" lately. Find the kind of person I want to be, so that I can raise my children to be the kind of people that I want them to be, but not only that so that we can all be a more happy, loving, caring, family.

I've been on this journey I guess you can say. Well, every day I seem to find something that tells me I'm heading down the right path. I found these GREAT books at Walmart the other day.. I HIGHLY recommend them! They're called 365 Bedtime Devotionals for Little Girls (or there is one for boys too.. I got them both, they are very similar). I found them in the Easter section as I was just walking past and they just called to me. We've just really been talking a lot about kindness, using manners, being honest, and over all being a good person and this book is PERFECT! It breaks it down in to kids terms and there is a page for every night and my kids love it! Some of it goes over Colton's head, but I'm telling you, he gets some of it. We read the passages, and then we talk about what it means and relate it to what's going on in their lives, and they're really enjoying it and so am I!! Last night's passage was about doing the right thing or wrong thing. Colton is really in to Super Heroes right now, so he related this to the super heroes doing the right thing, and the bad guys doing the wrong thing. LOL He wants to do the RIGHT THING like the good guys! *proud mama*

On another note, I just found a great blog: http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/girlfriends/ .
And today's entry just spoke volumes to me! It's about finding who you are, and seeing yourself differently than God sees you. I am SO guilty of this I believe. I am really going to make it a goal to not only use kind words with my kids and the ones AROUND me, but also WITH MYSELF!!! I am hardest on me!! And that makes it so hard to be happy.

My goal today is to use kind words with my children, my husband, and ME! No negatives!

Kindness

All along, since taking my kids out of public school, teaching my kids about kindness has been a goal. It seems that this is something that has been lost along the years while they were in public school. They got so caught up in who is popular, who is the prettiest, who has the most friends, who has the best toys, or the best clothes, at just SEVEN YEARS OLD, COME ON!!!!!!!!

My goal is to raise KIND children, children who are just naturally kind to others, children who want to do good things. Children who are honest, friendly, well-mannered, and just GOOD PEOPLE!

I honestly wish more people felt this way, the world would be a much nicer place.

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness."