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My children have most definitely been great teachers for me, particularly my daughter, who was born with many challenges in
her life. [physical and intellectual] She was/is a huge catalyst in my life, and I have learned and grown in ways I would
never have thought possible. One of the greatest things she taught me is unconditional love, and I mean that in the sense
that she loves unconditionally. She always has, and she continues to do so.
She is full of joy, happiness, love, and well being now abounds in her life. Just as one example, when someone comes to
see her [therapist, caregiver, or me for that matter], she is excited and animated and can hardly wait to see them walk in
the door [I home school her], yet the second they are ready to go she waves goodbye and doesn't miss a beat. There's no sadness
that they are gone, even though she loves every second with them, she just carries on and is ready for whatever happens next.
It's kind of hard to find the right words to describe her, but she just loves life! She views life with childlike wonder.
When we go for a walk she stops to look at everything and she'll throw her arms up in the air and with complete awe in her
voice, say, "WOW!" We say thank you for whatever she is appreciating at the moment - the trees, or the flowers,
or the blue sky, or the bus that drives by, or whatever it is. And no matter what horrible things have happened to her in
her almost 13 years [and believe me the first 4 years in particular were brutal], she lights up the world around her. And
she attracts amazingly wonderful people into her experience - and mine. But at the same time she lets everyone know what she
likes and doesn't like, and while she is starting to communicate verbally, primarily she gets her message across through her
emotions.
I could go on and on. When I first started reading and then listening to Abraham, the first real 'aha' moments I had were
when I realized how much she lives her like just as Abraham describes what life is supposed to be like. It's fabulous!
My son has taught me many things but in an entirely different way. He is older than my daughter, and he is what some would
describe as an ADHD type of child. He has never fit into a mold, and everyone that has tried, including me, have not been
able to change him. Once I realized this is a great thing, I relaxed and lightened up. I stopped trying to control him, and
what a huge difference it made. He does things his way no matter what anyway. Only now I look at all the positives in it rather
than the negatives, and his stuff doesn't get in my pie anymore. He recently told me that I had changed and that I was actually
almost normal <grin> - whatever that means to a 14 year old. We both laughed though.
My son is also an incredible manifester. I realized that just a few weeks ago, and I told him that. He didn't know what
I was talking about, and at this point he is not interested in hearing anything about it really, but I gave him a two sentence
description about what he had manifested just in one day. It just so happened the entire day he had manifested all the food
he wanted, even including getting free food in the grocery store from a cashier. He didn't ask for it, she just volunteered
to give it to him. As I recounted to him all the food he had manifested that day, he informed me he wasn't a manifester, he
was a 'mani-feaster'. We had a good laugh about that one, too.
Raising them on my own has brought many different contrasting experiences into my life. But in general, the two of them
have taught me more patience, understanding, compassion, unconditional love, acceptance of others, self-love, and they have
brought me endless happiness and joy, along with a whole lot more. They truly have, and continue to be, great teachers for
me.
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