Comments on: This is http://www.stubbornfishtales.com/2010/03/01/this-is/ My journey to becoming the "Me" God wants me to be. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda http://www.stubbornfishtales.com/2010/03/01/this-is/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Amanda Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:45:16 +0000 http://www.stubbornfishtales.com/?p=802#comment-555 Amanda's thought process, "He stole the bedroom door? How does a ten year old steal a door. You'd think Hannah and Kaleb would... wait... The door was the boundery being crossed not he thing being stolen." Perhaps my blonde moment and lack of reading comprehension will at least make the situation mildly funny. We are praying. I keep thinking about how thinking about how the Isrealites had to walk around the same desert for fourty years. Until, they were a united nation that could handle anything with the help of their God. You already trust God but the boys are haivng a little harder time trusting you and themselves. You might be walking around the desert for a while until the boys realize you are a united family for real. We are praying for unity and God peace for the boys and you. *hug* Amanda’s thought process, “He stole the bedroom door? How does a ten year old steal a door. You’d think Hannah and Kaleb would… wait… The door was the boundery being crossed not he thing being stolen.” Perhaps my blonde moment and lack of reading comprehension will at least make the situation mildly funny.

We are praying. I keep thinking about how thinking about how the Isrealites had to walk around the same desert for fourty years. Until, they were a united nation that could handle anything with the help of their God. You already trust God but the boys are haivng a little harder time trusting you and themselves. You might be walking around the desert for a while until the boys realize you are a united family for real. We are praying for unity and God peace for the boys and you. *hug*

]]> By: Christine http://www.stubbornfishtales.com/2010/03/01/this-is/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Christine Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:48:55 +0000 http://www.stubbornfishtales.com/?p=802#comment-554 "Does the good have to be precursed by the bad?" Yup. I like to compare it to labor and delivery. Something really great on the other side, but you can't get there without the pain ... and possible screaming and moaning. Perhaps a little fecal matter on the table. Stealing gets my goat. GETS MY GOAT! I had to do lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and LOTS of self-reflection and therapeutic thinking to get to the bottom of that ... and let it go. Still totally throws me over the edge, but I can stay regulated now and keep a poker face. "The behavior that gets the MOST ATTENTION will get REPEATED! The behavior that gets the MOST ATTENTION will get REPEATED!" From Denise Best's "Therapeutic Parenting for Traumatized Children" And yes, she did write it twice ... in bold lettering. I plan to tattoo it to my forehead. “Does the good have to be precursed by the bad?”

Yup. I like to compare it to labor and delivery. Something really great on the other side, but you can’t get there without the pain … and possible screaming and moaning. Perhaps a little fecal matter on the table.

Stealing gets my goat. GETS MY GOAT! I had to do lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and LOTS of self-reflection and therapeutic thinking to get to the bottom of that … and let it go.

Still totally throws me over the edge, but I can stay regulated now and keep a poker face.

“The behavior that gets the MOST ATTENTION will get REPEATED!

The behavior that gets the MOST ATTENTION will get REPEATED!”

From Denise Best’s “Therapeutic Parenting for Traumatized Children”

And yes, she did write it twice … in bold lettering.

I plan to tattoo it to my forehead.

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