Gratitude for your Attitude

Sometimes to have an attitude of gratitude you must first have gratitude for an attitude.

This is especially true when you have a toddler in their “terrible twos”.

So, this is to my daughter:

I can’t count how many times:

 I have to answer the question, “Why?”

But I am grateful for your inquisitiveness.

I play doctor or house with you.

But I am grateful for your imagination.

You tell me “I do myself, don’t touch”.

But I am grateful for your independence.

I must dance to Baby Shark.

But I am grateful for the joy it brings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjdPXpTRXr0

I listen to the alphabet song.

But I am grateful to hear you recite them.

You have colored/painted your body/ the wall rather than the paper.

But I am grateful for your creativity.

You ask me, “What is that?”

But I am grateful for your desire to learn.

You throw a tantrum over something silly.

But I am grateful for your adamancy.

I have to ask you to repeat yourself so that I can figure out what you are saying

But I am grateful for your patience. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_QN1JPUYY4

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You tell me everything is, “Mine!”

But I am grateful for your passion.

I tell you “no” but you keep asking until I say “yes”.

But I am grateful for your persistence.

Because when the day is over,

And you fall asleep,

 I miss it.

I miss it all.

I want to answer more of your questions and watch your mind work.

I want to play another game and see how you perceive life.

I want to do another dance and see you smile.

I want to watch you put your shoes on the wrong feet because you did it yourself.

I want to hear the ABC’s again in your sweet voice.

I want to watch you turn from mad about something silly to being silly in a two second time span.

I want you to do it all.

Because, at the end of the day,

I have nothing but gratitude for your attitude.

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