Being a mother you have such a broad range of responsibilities. You are held liable for so much when it come to how you raise your children. Sometimes it's overwhelming how much responsibility you actually have, but it's the choice we make when we chose to become mothers. The most recent challenge I am dealing with in a more magnified way is being a teacher. I have always been a teacher since my first was born, teaching them how to eat, sleep, crawl, walk, dress, shapes, colors, words, etc. But now that my oldest is in kindergarten I feel a significant increase in the amount of material I was now responsible for teaching her. Trying to teach a child to read is seriously challenging. Not only is it hard to learn all the different sounds the letters make, but the English language is sorta a joke. Sometimes E is silent, when GH are together you don't say them, sometimes O says "oh" and sometimes it says "ah", the leter C says "see" and "ka", why isn't "of" spelled "uv"? And the letter Y....forget about how many rules that letter has. It's very tricky and they (I) get easily frustrated. But the first time you hear your child sound out a word all by themselves...it's magical. It is so awesome to see that they are learning and growing. And not only am I teaching her how to read, I am teaching her the Articles of Faith, the Book of Mormon stories, how to count to 100, how to add and subtract, how to count money, how to be kind to friends and our family, how to pray, and the list goes on and on. Sometimes I fell overwhelmed with the amount of responsibility I have to teach these things. It's a lot to do, and let me remind you that Davis is now starting to learn to write letters......and it starts all over again!!! But I know it's my job and I love doing it. I know I am held accountable for teaching these things. Sometimes it's not fun and they hate it and I hate it and I wonder if it's even making a difference or if they even listen. But I'm telling you , the first time they read that sentence, or you see them compliment a friend, or count to 10, or write the letter D for "Davis" or recite that first article of faith by themselves, it means that they listened to something you said and you taught them the right way. It means the world and you feel like super mom. It gives you the inspiration to break out another book with them and s-l-o-w-l-y sound out another word. I do dread the days when I have to help with algebra homework....that is all Michael!
