Have you ever looked back over the last several weeks
The first week of practice, I helped my daughter pack her sports bag every evening. After about a week, I would remind her what she needed to pack. The next week, the reminder turned into the simple, “Remember to pack your bag.” By the end of the season, as we’d be getting in the car, heading to school, the question became, “Did you pack your bag?”
It was awesome to see, in just 6 short weeks, how her part in this morphed from bystander, to participant, to complete independence. The best part of all this is how she felt about herself. She saw herself as having control of this, and even more, she saw herself as being successful in taking care of herself. She’s got this!
As the season had just ended, and I was sitting down to write this blog, I was chatting with my daughter about this topic. She had more insight than I could have imagined! She shared with me that from this season of soccer, she learned three main things:
Proud. Mom. Moment. Wow! It was a slow progression to see her go from helping me pack her bag to a simple question of, “Got all your stuff?” But to have this amazing conversation with her about what she learned from all this was definitely the unexpected and welcome surprise that every mom strives for!