I Want My Toddler's Perseverance!

My baby girl took her first steps at 11 months. They happened to be on the top of the kitchen counter (I think she wanted to make sure that she was going to make a statement)! She kept attempting to "walk" but every attempt just made her look like baby Frankenstein. She crawled faster so she would revert to that in order to get anywhere. However, practice makes perfect right?  Now, it seems as though she's been hitting the baby bar all night ,she can walk like a champ but looks like a Wino wearing a cookie monster diaper. She has been growing more and more independent to the point that we are in the stage that I would guess makes most mommies cry (I've already cried millions of times),the get-out-of-my-face-and-let-me-walk-woman stage. She wants to spend less time in my arms and more time getting into big time trouble. That's okay with me, I know she has to grow up! I'm am actually very excited for her life, I just get nostalgic from time to time. 


I sit at home and just watch her play and create and get busted. I watch her so much because it fascinates me (not in a creepy way, more like in a way normal way to where I DO get other things done other than just stare at her all day. In case you were wondering). But the reason it fascinates me so much is that she will walk and fall, walk, walk, walk, and fall. Walk, walk, walk, fall, fall, walk. You get the point. Time after time she gets up from falling down with no frown in her brow. She just knows that to get better at this walking game she has to get up and try again. She has never stayed down from a fall. That really got me thinking! 


How many times have I "fallen" in my life? Too many to count, I don't have enough fingers and toes.  However, my attitude is some times sour about these falls. When I'm down, it's hard to know if I can or even want to get back up. Looking at my baby girl get up time and time again with a joyful attitude reassures me that it's all about attitude. It's difficult to place such responsibility on myself to look at the glass half full, but life just seems so much better when I do. Today are you going to let your "fall" get in the way of moving forward stronger or are you going to let it sink you until it's impossible to see the top? Think about it. 


Stay blessed and stay super saucy!!!


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