41 Things I want My Kids To Know About Me...

What I want My Kids to Know About Me...

Simply Me....Simply Mom

41 Things I want My Kids to know about me some good, some fun, some not so good. It is simply a list of things I someday want to communicate to them. I want them to know about the things I love, and most important that I love them and their Dad. I want them to know that I have fears, and that I mess up. I want them to know that before I was Mommy I was simply me. I want them to know……

1. I truly love Jesus as my Redeemer, my Peace, my King!

2. I love you munchkins with every molecule of my being!

3. I am a creature of habit. I don’t do change well.

4. After all these years I am still completely in love with your Dad.

5. My greatest successes are the 4 of you.

6. God’s plans for me have often been different than my own plans.

7. I am not a morning person!

8. I pray for you every day.

9. I will fight with all my might for this family.

10. I like flowers and books more than diamonds.

11. I wasn’t made for winter.

12. I want you in church more so than that I want you to have relationship with God!

13. I value kindness in a person.

14. I hate talking on the phone.

15. I am a country girl that lives in the city.

16. My room has never really been clean.

17. Being a parent is the hardest thing I have ever done.

18. I am not your friend.

19. I am not a perfectionist more like the opposite.

20. I can bait my own fish hook.

21. I am dyslexic and learning was always hard for me.

22. I have a love hate relationship with sleep.

23. I don’t do scary movies.

24. I was afraid of the dark until I was a teenager.

25. I always wanted to be a Mom so you guys made my dreams come true!

26. I wanted to write children’s books.

27. I don’t mean to shout, and I am never proud when I do. I am a work in progress.

28. I really do believe that one person can make a difference.

29. I am not good at following a schedule which is a blessing and a curse.

30. I am romantic and a big old softie!

31. I like to be creative.

32. I love a good costume party.

33. I love what a big part music plays in our lives.

34. I do not love the zoo.

35. Flea markets and Yard Sales are two of my favorite things.

36. My favorite fruit is blackberries.

37. Driving is not my favorite thing.

38. I think I like Disney world more than you!

39. My childhood was a happy one.

40. I make mistakes, and I will make more along the way, but my love for you is the real thing.

41. I don’t want you to have a self righteous self of entitlement. In other words don’t be a spoiled brat. Be kind, love big, and be at peace with who God is shaping you to be.