Well, I can officially say that I'm not the best auntie ever. I blew it today, but when I mess things up (which is often) I always run to Jesus pretty quickly. Today the topic that sent me running to my Big Daddy was competitiveness between my daughter and niece. They are very close in age, my niece is 8 months older and have I mentioned yet that my niece (and my sister) lives with us? Well, she has since she was three and there was abandonement by her daddy of her family. My hubby and I felt led to open our home to them, and haven't regretted the decision a little over two years later. The three children are being raised as siblings and I believe they are all better for the situation. But. Today we celebrated my daughter's fifth birthday a couple days early. She is not one to seek the spotlight or attention, she has a very gentle spirit and is easily content with her life. My niece seeks attention all the time and doesn't handle it well when her cousin receives any, it is really disturbing to me. I don't know how to handle this. Up to now the way I've handled it has been to blow up when I just can't take correcting her 'just one more time'. So embarrassing.
Now that I've taken time to write it out, I've gotta get back to my Big Daddy on this one. I pray there is some clarity in here somewhere because our relationship needs healing and a fresh start.
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