Celebrating the Good Moments

Do you ever get caught up in all the tough stuff with your kids and forget to celebrate the good moments?

You're not alone. 

We often dwell on fatigue, challenges, and negative interactions, overlooking the times when things are actually going well.

When everything is smooth sailing, it seems like we just find more things to worry about!

Our kids crave our love—not just the inherent love we have as parents, but the actions that show we truly appreciate, celebrate, respect, encourage, trust, and admire them as unique individuals.

But here's the kicker: to fully love and appreciate our kids, we also need to love and appreciate ourselves.

Embracing our own humanity helps us embrace theirs. The more we celebrate our strengths and forgive our own mistakes, the better we can do the same for them.

Remember, our ability to love starts within us and radiates out to our kids, families, and everyone else around us.

Let's take a moment to celebrate the good and spread the love! 🧡

Daily Practice of Self-Love & Offering Appreciation

Self-Love Practice

Start a morning ritual where you look at yourself lovingly in the mirror and tell yourself everything that you love about yourself. 

“Hi, self. I love you because…”

Ask yourself: what do you love about yourself? What are you proud of yourself for? What makes you unique? What are your unique strengths and gifts? 

Through this practice, you can model for your kids how to give yourself love and appreciation. You can even invite them to join in in their own practice!

Offer Appreciation

Build into your daily routine a chance to tell your child everything that you love and appreciate about them.

Their creativity, their strength, their unique skills, their curiosity, their knowing what they want and need, their honesty, their humor, their everything that makes them them. 

Share in the morning during breakfast, on the way to school, right before you drop them off at school, at the dinner table, and before bed while snuggling.

If they're older, send them a daily text or call to share something you love about them! (PRO TIP: They may not respond but this does NOT mean they aren't getting the message!!) 

Get creative. Our children need our love and appreciation to feel that they belong and matter. This sense of belonging will be what they seek as adults in their lives to come.