Relinquishing Control: Part Deux

If you missed the first part of this struggle, click HERE to see my progress thus far. That post focused on Christmas decorating. Today is another kind of decorating, but with cookies. Observe.

My Christmas cookies:

And Ellie’s Christmas cookies:

It was another day of me continually biting my tongue. I really want her to enjoy cooking – and she does! – but I also really like things the way I like them. Thank God He gives me the grace and wisdom to keep my mouth shut and just let her play. Watching her put pink and purple on Christmas cookies was tough for me. Then she pulled out the dragees which proceeded to roll all over the kitchen and hide in crevices yet to be discovered. The biting continued. My back even started to tense.

But then I looked at her face, how proud she was of those ugly little cookies …

… and then I realized how she’d already eaten half of them anyway and wondered why in the world I cared.

Sometimes I get so focused on the details I risk missing out on the really important stuff. I’m glad this time I caught myself before missing out, another memory to be treasured.