How He sees me

Last year, my son had some trouble in kindergarten (says the Queen of Understatement).  We dealt with his behavior from the beginning of the school year until pretty much the end, although it did get better in the last couple of months of the school year. 

Having been a teacher, I was pretty reluctant to be critical of my son’s teacher (you don’t want to be one of those parents!), however in watching her, I noticed that most of the interaction she had with him was negative, and centered around his behavior.  They say kids will take negative attention over no attention at all, and that’s what I saw.

I’m thankful to say that this year has been wonderful so far, and I know it’s because of the way his first grade teacher treats the kids in her class.  She is nurturing, loving and respectful, yet manages to keep them in line and keep the lessons moving forward – no simple task! 

I’ve seen how my son has responded to someone who loves and accepts him as he is, and it makes him want to live up to how she sees him (sorry for the sentence structure there).  It makes me teary to think about it, and I’m reminded once again of how my heavenly Father sees me, and how much I want to be the girl He sees when He looks at me.