Since being a parent, I have been overwhelmed with the ceaseless discipline that is involved to rear children. Or, in my case…child. Thankfully, the Lord has given me some guides for the practical end of this.

Gabriel is now fourteen months old. Daily my goals for him include: Psalm and Catechism (which I read for him, and hope he sits still) some sort of  Slow and Steady, Get me Ready Activity, Blanket time (where he plays on a blanket for an hour), and recently, book time on the couch.

We just started book time today. Perhaps I was too zealous by starting out for twenty minutes, but he did well.  Because this is training, anytime he wanted to stop, get up, throw the books on the ground, I just put him back into position. He probably will start getting, um…chastened, tomorrow or the next day, after I am sure he understands what he is supposed to do.

All this made me reflect on the many sacrifices my mother  made that I never even knew about or appreciated for the first 25 years of my life! The Lord has been so good to me!