Tayler has had some issues the past bit with being teased at school. It hit a peak for me as a mom, when she came home in tears because of mean things said by another little girl, Mean Sophie. (Why I oughta...!) I curled up on her bed with her and we both cried. My heart broke for her. We talked about possible solutions, and even felt we actually found one. No one would play with her at recess and it broke my heart to think of her all alone, handling the effects of rejection.I'll let you in on Tayler. She is the epitome of sweetheart. She is quiet and gentle. She is kind and considerate. She amazes me. So to have her dealing with this treatment, it just seemed so unjustly dished upon her. And that's my unbiased view. If I were to tell you how I felt as the biased mom, I would simply say, "she's the best one out of all of you. You're lucky she wants to play with you." But that's probably rude so I'll try to stick with the unbiased version.
The next day I squirmed with anxiety while at work over her. I worried and watched the clock until I could call her. Finally.
"Hey sweetie, how did it go today?"
"It was totally AWESOME!" OK, not the response I was expecting, but not complaining.
"What happened? Tell me about it."
"I played with a boy named Ethan."
"How did that happen?"
"I asked him to play and he said YES."
My heart broke. I know, crazy, but what I realized was, day after day of asking kids to play, and being told, day after day, "no", right to her face, what does she do? She keeps asking. The girl is BRAVE. Even now as an adult I wouldn't do that.
It doesn't stop here. Guess who Tayler played with the next day... Sophie. Mean Sophie? The very same. After Sophie had said the words to send Tayler home in tears, what does she do? Asks her to play! She is everything I need to be. And I can only hope to be a fraction like her.
I know I'm the mom, and that I'm supposed to be teaching her and helping her to be a good person, but in all reality, she's miles ahead of me.
Happy birthday to my 8 year old hero.
8 comments:
Amazing what our kids teach us!! She is awesome!! Just like her mama!!
She is adorable!!
Monique xx
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She is truly inspiring. I think we can all learn from that story. Thanks for sharing Steph!
Hey there, I'm a new follower- thanks for following me :D And, your daughter sounds like an amazingly strong brave little girl who learned from her parents to be that way. You've done a great job, and I, too, believe that our children teach us our biggest life lessons :)
I had rough (crying every day) elementary years but middle school was much better! I hope that she continues to make lots of friends, she seems outgoing enough to ensure that!
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She is adorable! New follower! Thanks for joining our Terrific Thursday Blog Hop! Have a great weekend! :)
Happy belated bday to Taylor!
Kids can be so cruel :( I had issues with being teased (don't we all or most of us? it sucks)
She is going to rise above them - no question.
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I love this story!!!! Way to go Tayler!!!!
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