Some of my greatest insights into her day come when I snuggle up beside her right before bedtime. This is where she gained her nickname, “Chatty Maddie.” Last night, as I cuddled up beside her, she taught me a great lesson, as goes much of parenting.
My eight year old daughter is training in a group of six girls (3rd and 4th graders) for a 5K race. Madison begins to tell me about a new 4th grade friend she has in this group of girls and then she tells me something that stuck with me. (I hope it will forever.)
“Mom, yesterday, we ran so much! I was getting so tired and I said to my friend, ‘This is so hard. I don’t think I can do it.’ And she said to me, ‘You can do this Madison! You’ve got this!’ And know what? It made me run faster when…
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