A good rebuke

Most some of you will agree with me that we were brought up with a mentality that our parents were always right. Most of our parents were not wired to say sorry even when it was black and white that they were on the wrong. Is it a wonder that most of us still struggle to say sorry, thank you and we are always most of the time right?

Well, I have learnt say sorry to everybody and to my children as well, not just when I am on the wrong but even when I hurt their feelings. I do not want them to think I am perfect. I just want them to know that I love them enough to discipline them and that we are all accountable to God at the end of the day.

One of the moments I treasure is when I am dropping them to school in the morning. Most times we have a good chat in the car and sometimes-we engage in world war 3, all the way to school. Today morning I was so rebuked by my daughter while we were having a good chat.

Recently, I have had some potatoes crisps in the car; they have been munching on them sometimes in the morning when I am dropping them to school. I think I was using the kids as dustbins-just to get rid of them because it was a big bag of crisps that was opened a while ago.

The conversation this morning went something like this;

Kendi: Mum, please don’t give us crisps now

Mum: Why

Kendi: They are not healthy

Mum: Really, who said they are not health and why?

Kendi: Ms. Joy (their teacher) told us they make us scratch our skin (Funny Teacher)

Mum: So what do you want to have?

Kendi: Carrots

So – there goes my potato crisps. Need to throw them and replace with carrots sticks. She caught me 10-0

Just to let you know- their school does not allow junk food of any kind. Their snacks are either, Banana’s, arrow roots, sweet potatoes, pancakes, tomatoes, carrots  and the like.

Have a teachable week