My Children Made me This Way

Things my Monsters learn from me:

• Some days the sky in your world can be purple.
• Turn up the radio and dance when you love a song.
• Sometimes a swear word is the best way to express your feelings.
• Puddles are for splashing in.
• Fireflies are more beautiful pouring out of the jar than they are hovering in it.
• Everyone loses  their temper.
• Books are a good place to get lost.
• Crying is as good as laughing.
• It’s ok not to be happy all the time.
• It’s ok to be selfish sometimes.
• Love has no conditions.
• You don’t have to like the people you love all the time.
• No one is perfect.
• Everyone needs to yell once in a while.

The things I learn from my Monsters:

• Bugs are beautiful when you look at them up close.
• What your friends think IS the most important thing in the moment.
• Little brothers are annoying. So are little sisters, big sisters, and big brothers.
• Yelling isn’t always fighting.
• Band aids can fix anything.
• Having to use an inside voice sucks.
• Annoying your siblings takes study and work.
• Love is unconditional.
• Coloring is an art form.
• Under the dining room table is a good place to be alone.
• Fans are great to sing into.
• No one giggles enough.
• I’m sorry should always be enough.
• The sky really is purple some days if you look at it just right.
• Dance from your heart, not how everyone else does.
• Everyone needs to spin till your dizzy and fall down just because.
• Porch steps are the best place to eat popsicles.

Sometimes the lessons are the same.

Some are intentional.

Some aren’t.

But it’s what we are teaching each other everyday.