It seems with my sweet Breanna, that we are on this roller coaster ride. She is such a sweet, loving, caring thing, and the next minute...our roller coaster car takes a huge plumit and heads down-hill at super high speeds. She screams and cries, stomps and wails. It is amazing how quickly her attitude can change. And of course, it can go the reverse course, and she can go from crazy mad--to quiet and calm in the quickest moment.
This week has been o.k. Some of the major "downhills" have been, not getting to sit in the front seat of the car, (she got to sit in the front every other day this week, shouldn't someone else have a turn?) wanting to ride in the truck with her dad, coming home from the basketball game, but there wasn't enough room for her. In this case, I talked the little one into riding with me so Brea could ride with Daddy, but she ended up screaming all the way home anyway...for what reason, I'm not sure.
There were however some amazing ups have happened this week, and when I least expected them. Little sister was playing with Breanna's My Little Ponies while she was gone to school one day. When we got home I waited for the worst. But, instead of losing her cool, she just asked her little sis if she enjoyed playing with them, and asked if they could both play with them outside on the trampoline. Wow. Good work. Another up, She was happy to help with the baby, when mom had to leave the family on the bench in the congregation, to go up front of the chapel to lead the music in church on Sunday. Usually when I leave the bench to take a kid potty, or get a drink, she throws a mighty fit. Yay! Also, we had a read-a-thon at our school this week. Usually we have to fight her to do homework, but 3 out of the 4 days of nothing but reading for Homework--she did it happily! No fighting! Just the once, but those are pretty good numbers in my book. And then my favorite up. She's not a very "lovey dovey" kind of girl. When she was little it was hard to get good--REAL hugs. They always seemed forced, or floppy. The other night she just held out her arms and gave me a good, hard, loving squeeze. It felt so good! I could tell it was coming from a genuine desire to show me she loved me. Good, good moment.
I love this girl so much! Each and every day, we take the roller coaster ride. Some moments are fun, and some a little hard to handle, but it's always worth the ride.
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