Patience

Patience...ahhhh, something i lack so much! Becoming a mother, i grew to be more patient with things. I can't just yell and fuss when something goes wrong. 

Having Brayden a month after turning 19 kind of opened my eyes a little. I don't really feel like everything was all about me, so it wasn't hard for me to make my son my number 1 priority. He is now in school and i have gained a little more patience because I sit down with him in the evenings to do homework. It's just frustrating when you know how smart your child is but he gets bored because he's gone over his words all day in school and that's the last thing he wants to do when he gets home. lol.

 Carson is STILL potty training. The boy is 3 and still pees in his pants! UGH! It's hard to deal with. But it's NOTHING new. My oldest would pee in the potty but would poop on himself. He did this until he was 3 1/2. Finally I got it through to him that none of his t-ball buddies wore pullups..lol. Yes, i guilted my son into being a big boy. Oh well, no harm done and it worked. Carson is the most stubborn little thing. He will poop in the potty and clean himself up with no problem, but he doesnt care if he has pee in his pullup. EW! Hopefully, with a little patience (lol) he will be fully potty trained before Summer!

Maggie. I have to have patience with her. She's only 3 1/2 months old. There are times when she's so tired that no one can soothe her, there are times where she only wants me, there are times when she only wants her daddy, and there are times that i dont think she even knows what she wants. I am starting to feed her baby food. Since she was about 1 1/2 months old, i've put a little oatmeal in her night time bottle. At this point, i am ALWAYS putting oatmeal into every bottle. I never did that with my boys. BUT, she is having a little trouble putting on some weight so I am going to keep doing it. Now i know that many people dont start their kids on baby food of any kind until 4 months old or later. Well great for you. lol. This child will eat an entire jar of pears...but boy does she not like anything else. Last night, we tried squash...but i dont blame her for not liking it. I dont either. lol. So, i must have patience. lol.

These are children though. They need you to have some patience with them because they do not know any better. It's adults that I have no patience with. I am so tired of being held to a different standard than other people. Why should you expect more from me than you do your other family members or friends? And just because you have patience with YOUR spouse and let them throw their little tantrums doesnt mean i'm going to do that. Grown people should act grown. DUH! lol. There are some ladies I know...well lets just say that i would never act that way. AND IF I DID, i would have my husband right there saying "Heather, you are wrong. Do not act like this" and I'm sure there are other times where he would tell me that im being stupid and so on. But you get my point. Now I'm not saying that a husband or boyfriend should "rule" or "boss" a female around but I am so THANKFUL that i have a husband that keeps me grounded and thinking rationally. Let me tell ya, if you pretty much let me know that you don't want me in your life...there are a couple of things that I would like from you:
1. tell me what in the hell i did wrong
2. make sure i am the one you are really upset with
3. if you cut me out of your life, dont expect me to be around when you decide that your little tantrum is over

I honestly just do NOT have the patience for adults (mostly women) that seem to think the world revolves around them. I live in this world. Earth. I live in America, where i can have whatever opinion I want about anything I want. I am just smart enough to know that there are times to say something and times to keep my mouth shut. I wish everyone else would learn that. 

I guess I must start having a little more patience all around. This is something that I know i need to work on. But instead of giving me a hard time when i say something, ask me questions about where i got my information or why i feel that way. I give LOTS of my friends advice on LOTS of different topics (because they ASK ME). I give advice on boyfriends, husbands, relationships, parenting, money, grocery planning... all sorts of things. My thing is, it's not the word of God just because it comes out of my mouth. God gave me a brain and the ability to form my own opinions. So, if you dont agree with me on things, great. You don't have to do things the way that I do them. But maybe you could have a little patience with me. 

I'm not expert on relationships or parenting, but i try to give good advice. My husband and I have had some pretty hard times...in every way. I think they only think we hadnt experienced together when we got married was death. AND we took care of that last year sadly, when my Papaw passed away. I'm not saying that we know everything, but we've got a pretty good hold of our lives and we know what the plans are for the next few years. There will be bumps, but the good thing is that we both have PATIENCE and know that good things come to those who wait. And buddy, we are waiting! LOL! 

This turned into more of a rant than anything else, but oh well. I just guess i need to have more patience with people. But people need to realize that they are responsible for their own actions and i have no patience when you act stupid. So while you throw your little tantrum and direct your anger at me (when i dont deserve it) yeah...i dont have patience for that. Basically just be accountable for yourself. I screw up all the time but God has enough patience with me to let me screw up, learn from my mistakes and grow into a better person. I pray we are all lucky enough to realize that...

That's enough for now...lol. Just have some patience...geez. LOL