Training

I have an 18 month old going on 13! I don't know about you, but when I tell "the Bean" NO, he just smiles and does it anyway. I thought he was going to do that when he was teenager! He leaves me a bit frustrated at times.

While watching the Olympics I was impressed with all of the athletes and their abilities in their particular sport. Take Michael Phelps, you know the "golden" boy of the Olympics, he surpassed so many records. How did he do this? He trained. He swam for years, he failed at times, but he didn't give up, he kept training.

Well it clicked one night...training... YES that is what my husband and I are doing with "the bean". We are training him to become the man that he is called. We must train him in discipline, respect, honor, and following the Lord, and many other things that would take thousands of blogs! Is it going to be easy, NO. Is it going to be overnight, NO. Are we going to win gold medals, NO. But we will receive rewards in the end. "The Bean" will eventually be a respectful, obedient child. Will we fail at times? YES. Will we have setbacks, YES. Will we continue to train? YES.

I have learned that we, as parents, are in a never ending cycle of training. I don't think it will ever end. I know, as a daughter, even though I am married and a mother now, feel at times my parents are still training me. A different type of training, but training none the less.

Happy Training...to us all!