Indeed, it is hard work, and be fore-warned, it remains hard work but joy-filled work as well. Forgive me if I told you this before: my epiphany about our children that came when they were much older teenagers and young adults. It occurred when I saw a short video that my father took of us all on one of our visits to my parents... It was startling. M1 was about 8 years old and D was just learning to walk. M2 was around 6, R was about 4. The amazing truth was their personalities at those young ages were so much the same and more so as when they were older. M1 was very talkative, M2 was self-conscious and proper, and R tried his hardest to keep up with M1 when they played football - a real display of all-out drive. D was too young to decipher. My point for you is this: how Cassia is today is really how Cassia's personality will continue to be. If I had known that fact when my children were younger I would have been more alert for their strengths and weaknesses and hopefully would have been a better guide. I hope this insight is helpful to you and Craig.
... and anyone else who happens to read it. Enjoy.
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Hmm... that is interesting. I can already see in Sunshine's personality traits that I think she'll have for life. So it really is something to think about. How can I help her develop her strengths and weaknesses, from what I already know about her personality?
Yeah, that's the million dollar question. Although I think probably it becomes more obvious how to help them the older your children get (when you can have actual conversations with them).
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